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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.
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.