THE NEWCASTLE COAL DISTRICT - VILLAGE OF WYLAM-GEORGE STEPHENSON'S EARLY YEARS.
THE great northern coal-field of Durham and Northumberlaud extends in an almost unbroken direction from the Tees to the Tweed. It runs along, and indeed dips under, the coast-line of the German Ocean, extending irregularly inwards into both counties, in some parts to a considerable distance. This immense field underlies some eight hundred square miles of country; and the working of the coal from the various seams gives employment to a large number of workpeople.