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Original Text (Annotation: EAW033921 / 2093907)

' The remains of Hebburn 'C' Pit alongside Ellison St and Lyon St. Hebburn had 3 pits A, B & C. A Pit was sandwiched between the low road (Wagonway Rd) and the bottom end of Argyle St where it becomes Auckland Rd. B Pit was between Victoria Rd East and St Oswalds church, east of Black Rd. Sir Humphrey Davey inventor of the Miners safety lamp used gas from B Pit to test the lamp. He also took it into the Pit to test it. '