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Seaham Harbour Online
County Durham’s First Virtual Town -
Web site designed & created by E.W.Mason © 1994-
Welcome to Seaham Harbour Online.
We hope you will enjoy your visit to Seaham in the north-
A GLANCE AT SEAHAM HARBOUR
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A Miracle of Nature
Seaham Harbour is a modern miracle of nature and of human collaboration.
Seaham’s known history dates back to Saxon or perhaps Roman times as evidenced by the Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Its Harbour was hewn from the cliffs in order to transport coal from neighbouring mines. Mining dominated the landscape for almost 150 years. Colliery waste disposal from Seaham’s three deep mines, which reached out more than 3 miles under the North Sea, seemed to have irreversibly spoiled the stunningly beautiful beaches and coastline. But nature was to have the last word and when the pits finally closed in 1992, the sea began a clean up which to many of us is a miracle. The local communities and councils worked their socks off to contribute to the transformation which still continues.
Seaham is now a rapidly improving seaside town to be proud of . We hope we can give you some feeling for the place and its people on the pages of this web site.