Derwenthaugh Staiths Traditional Cache
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For centuries the North-East was the main coal-producing area of England because of its easily-accessible seams and navigable rivers. As the demand for coal increased during the eighteenth century, new collieries had to be sunk further away from the rivers, and wagonways were built to carry the coal to the staiths on the river for shipment.
In 1830, the area of north-west County Durham between the River Tyne and Pontop (eight miles to the south), was traversed by a number of wagonways for moving coal from mines to riverside staiths. There were two major lines running to the Tyne. One of these was the Main Way dating from about 1710, which ran from Pontop to Derwenthaugh Staiths via Bryan's Leap at Burnopfield, Rowlands Gill and the valley of the River Derwent. The other ran to Dunston Staiths.
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