Mark - Thanks for the info. You mention the building being in place when
the colliery was a single shaft mine. As far as I am aware the 'Pigeon
Well' was at St Hilda's colliery and at one time this was a source of part
of the water supply for South Shields. Could the reference to 'pumping
engine house' refer to the pump drawing from Pigeon Well perhaps?
In a document produced in 1941 'Water Supply from Underground Sources, Part
III, Well Catalogue' the well was recorded as being disused and had a depth
of 90 feet.
Alan.
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