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Tudhoe Colliery was opened in 1864 by the Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd., on 18th April 1882 37 men and boys lost their lives in an explosion. It closed in 1936.
Whitworth Park mine shaft was sunk on Shafto's Estate in June 1839 and was the first major coal producing mine on Spenny Moor. It wasn't profitable in the early days and eventually closed in 1974.
Tudhoe Ironworks was built in 1853 by the Weardale Iron Co., headed by Charles Attwood. It closed in 1901.