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Discharges to
the Lumley Park Burn and its tributaries.
The following are the discharges that are known to have been made into the Lumley Park Burn or its tributaries. The list is probably not complete: Minewater from Elemore Colliery (closed 1974) to Hetton Burn Minewater
from Hetton Colliery (closed 1949)
to Hetton Burn Minewater
from Houghton Colliery (closed c 1981)
to Houghton Burn Minewater
from Nicholsons Pit (ceased pumping c 1996)
to Moors burn Minewater
from Annabella Pit – probably (closed
to Moors Burn c
1830s)
Minewater
from North Pit (closed c 1830s)
to Moors Burn Minewater
from Hutton’s Moor Pit (listed as working as
to Moors Burn part
of Newbottle Colliery in 1762)
Minewater
from Ellison’s Shaft (listed as working as
to Moors Burn part
of Newbottle Colliery in 1762)
Effluent
from Sedgeletch Sewage Treatment Works
to Moors Burn Minewater
from Morton Engine Pit – records indicate
to Moors Burn that
there was pumping from c 1728 Minewater
from Lambton D Pit (closed 1965)
to Moors Burn Minewater
from Herrington Colliery (closed 1985)
to Herrington Burn Minewater
from Dorothea Colliery (closed ???)
to Herrington Burn Minewater
from William Henry Pit, sunk c 1799 when
to Lumley Park Burn a
Boulton & Watt steam pumping engine was erected Minewater
from New Lambton Shaft (currently called
to Lumley Park Burn Lumley
6th (ceased pumping c 1996)
There
was a salt industry established here in 1815 to extract
salt from the water pumped from the shaft. Minewater
from Morton Hill Pit. There was a
possibly pumped to Newcomen
steam pumping engine working here from
Lumley Park Burn c
1760s
Minewater
from Lumley 6th Pit (closed 1966)
to Lumley Park Burn Minewater
from a series of staple shafts in Lumley Park,
to Lumley Park Burn recorded
as having been pumping from c 1676 A Newcomen
steam pumping engine is known to have been Working
here from 1729.
Alan Vickers 31st
December 2003
Update May 2006David Patterson who has lived in the area for over fifty years writes: "The
burn was probably at its worst when sewage, cokeworks, and collieries were
discharging into it. However things gradually improved and herons ,kingfishers,
and fish were observed. Since the winter of 2005 Lumley sixth pit has
discharged mine water at an unprecedented rate into the beck, as it is known
locally, turning the bed orange. I have contacted DEFRA, and the Residents
Against
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