What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: This building was the entrance lodge to the Wellington Pit. Sunk 1840. Closed 1933.
Wellington Pit was a significant coal mine in North East England, operational from 1840 to 1933, reflecting the region's crucial role in Britain’s industrial development and the eventual decline of its mining industry.
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