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Miscellaneous plans

Reference: D/XP 104 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous plans Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Cornsay Colliery

Covering Dates: 1895-1952

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Plans and sections of boreholes put down near Old Cornsay: sections of levellings to prove Harvey, Ballarat and 5/4 seams north of Old Cornsay, June 1895 Scales: Horizontal: 1/2 chain to 1 inch[1:396], Vertical: 20 feet to 1 inch[1:240]
(1 plan, 70cm x 75cm, colour-wash)


Section of levelling to prove Harvey seam near Old Cornsay, August 1897 Scales: Horizontal: 1/2 chain to 1 inch[1:396], Vertical: 10 feet to 1 inch[1:120]
(1 plan, 33.5cm x 48cm, colour-wash)


Plan of Cornsay Colliery showing area to be mined and dates of working, c.1898
(1 plan, 141cm x 103cm, oiled linen)


Plan of pit heap at Cornsay Colliery, 12 July 1905 Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch[1:192]
(1 plan, 88cm x 114cm, colour-wash)


Plan showing the surface and workings in the Ballarat Seam, Cornsay Colliery, 1914 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch[1:1584]
(1 plan, 122cm x 122cm, colour-wash)


Plan showing the workings in the Ballarat Seam at Cornsay Colliery, 1915 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch[1:1584]
(1 plan, 93cm x 122cm, colour-wash)


Plan of workings at the Three Quarter Seam at Cornsay Colliery, c.1915 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch[1:1584]
(1 plan, 90cm x 88cm, colour-wash, linen backed)


Plan of the workings in the Harvey Seam, Cornsay Colliery, c.1915 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch[1:1584]
(1 plan, 144cm x 230cm, colour-wash, linen backed)


Plan of the Quarter Seam, Capel Flat at Cornsay Colliery, c.1915 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch[1:1584]
(1 plan, 73cm x 94cm, colour-wash, linen backed)


Plan of Sidegate Brickworks of the Durham Brick and Tile Company, 25 August 1952
(1 plan, 60cm x 83cm)