Date:1970 - 1980 (c.)
Description:View of the construction of a free steering vehicle garage, with a gathering arm loader in the background. Cannock and Huntington Collieries Company started sinking both No. 1 Shaft and No. 2 Shaft in January 1877. By 1881 the shafts were sunk to just over 400ft (121m) but severe water problems caused the shafts to be abandoned. In 1897 Lord Hatherton, on whose land the venture stood, decided to re-open the shafts if this was possible. A third shaft (No. 3 Shaft) was started but No. 1 was left full of water, and so by 1902 No. 2 and No. 3 shafts were sunk through all the Cannock Chase coal measures to a depth of 1644ft (501m). All the seams were worked at different intervals of time until the colliery's closure in December 1993. At its peak the colliery employed 2000 men.
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This picture of Littleton Colliery was taken from an area of open ground where the ...
Sick or injured men were treated here before gong to hospital or to their own doctor. ...
The four men wearing hard hats and donkey jackets are National Coal Board and Littleton ...
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Creators: National Coal Board - Creator
Donor ref:2000.0003.00054 (21/4029)
Source: Museum of Cannock Chase
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