May 3rd 1815, a dreadful accident took place in Heaton Main Colliery, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne...In the course of time these old workings had become entirely filled with water, which, at about ...

The Victoria Tunnel runs from the north of Newcastle ... the River Tyne. Back in 1842, it opened as an underground wagonway, taking coal from the long-demolished Spital Tongues Colliery to ...

He seems to have had a good education and in his 'twenties became a viewer at the colliery in the village of Wylam, eight miles west of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where George Stephenson was born in.

Regardless, Hair was part of a strong artistic tradition in Newcastle upon Tyne. That said, he worked for a time in London, lived for a spell in Somerset and exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy.