Birchenwood Colliery

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Date:10th of May 1900

Description:Birchenwood colliery opened in the 1890s, most of the coal being used for coke and other by-products. The colliery actually closed in 1932, but coke and other by-product production continued by using coal from other collieries. However this production also ceased in May 1973.

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Mining & Quarrying Mines

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