Facts about Sunderland

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The Wearmouth Colliery shaft, opened in 1835, was the deepest mineshaft in the world, reaching a depth of 1700ft.

When the Titanic sunk one survivor was a Sunderland man originally from Southwick – working in the engine room of the doomed liner.

When US President Abraham Lincoln was assasinated in 1865 he was watching a play by Sunderland born Tom Taylor – the play was titled “Our American Cousin”.

In 1923, Sunderland Chief Constable F. J. Crawley pioneered phone boxes.
 


The Wearmouth Colliery shaft, opened in 1835, was the deepest mineshaft in the world, reaching a depth of 1700ft.

When the Titanic sunk one survivor was a Sunderland man originally from Southwick – working in the engine room of the doomed liner.

When US President Abraham Lincoln was assasinated in 1865 he was watching a play by Sunderland born Tom Taylor – the play was titled “Our American Cousin”.

In 1923, Sunderland Chief Constable F. J. Crawley pioneered phone boxes.
Both the light bulb and hand grenade were invented in Sunderland and the first place in Britain to make glass. I think these are all shattering facts.
 
The Wearmouth Colliery shaft, opened in 1835, was the deepest mineshaft in the world, reaching a depth of 1700ft.

When the Titanic sunk one survivor was a Sunderland man originally from Southwick – working in the engine room of the doomed liner.

When US President Abraham Lincoln was assasinated in 1865 he was watching a play by Sunderland born Tom Taylor – the play was titled “Our American Cousin”.

In 1923, Sunderland Chief Constable F. J. Crawley pioneered phone boxes.
As Wearmouth Collierys shaft was brick lined it was also the tallest brick wall in the world
 
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Plarzy square (pennywell) was the first street in Britain where everyone had sky tv.

Bunny hill is man made.
Waste from hylton castle iirc.
 

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