Whitley Bay Golf Course, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, 23/04/1953. Creator: John Laing plc.

Whitley Bay Golf Course, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, 23/04/1953. Creator: John Laing plc.

2-854-201 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

A view of scrapers at work on a spoil heap during the restoration of Whitley Bay Golf Course, following the completion of opencast mining on the site. John Laing and Son Ltd had started opencast mining operations in 1942 to meet wartime needs. The work was expanded by the company after the war and in 1948 opencast coal mining took place at Golf Course Opencast Coal Site in the Monkseaton area of Whitley Bay. By 1953 the mine was closed and the land was reclaimed.


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People Information

Creator
  1. John Laing plc, attributed to: British: construction and civil engineering company

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Tyne and Wear North Tyneside Whitley Bay

  1. 55 03 03 N , 001 27 14 W

Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Construction Industry

Locations & Buildings Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5337x5368
File Size : 27,978kb


Aliases

  1. JLP01/08/008791
  1. JLP01_08_008791
  1. 0250009673
  1. 2-854-201
  1. 2854201
  1. JLP01/08/008791


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