Burley Pit, Apedale

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Date:1900 - 1920 (c.)

Description:Apedale colliery, the Burley pit (c. 1850-1926) in early 1900’s. This photograph shows the bridge carrying the tub-way from the Watermills colliery to the Burley screens. There is a tub (the local name for the small carriages used to transport coal from the coal face to the surface) just visible on the left hand side of the image.

The railway line on the left is the line through Miry Wood to Podmore Hall and the Minnie pit. From the mixed collection of dumb-buffer and spring-buffer wagons standing in the screen roads, this photograph could date from the early 1900’s.

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Image courtesy of: Keele University - William Jack Collection

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