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Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany is a substantial stone-built industrial structure dating from the nineteenth century. The engine house served the Washington F Pit colliery, supporting the extraction operations that characterised the coal mining industry in the Tyne and Wear region during this period of intense industrial development. The building exemplifies the robust engineering and construction standards required for pit machinery of the era, with its solid masonry walls designed to accommodate and support heavy steam engines essential to hauling coal and managing pit ventilation. As a designated ancient monument, the structure represents an important survival of Durham's coalfield heritage and the technological infrastructure upon which the region's industrial prosperity was founded.
Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018224. View the official record →
Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany is a substantial stone-built industrial structure dating from the nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018224.
Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018224.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowes Railway (2.2 km), Wardley moated site (4.5 km), Chester New Bridge (5.4 km).
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Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.