No.1 Main Ventilating Fan Drive, Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley
The ventilation drive house had two electrically driven radial-flow fans manufactured by EEC of Wolverhampton.
Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts ...
Norton Colliery, Ford Green (1860-1977)
This colliery was originally developed to supply the Ford Green furnaces after these were acquired by Mr. Heath around 1863.
The rise of Ford Green followed the opening of the Biddulph Valley Line ...
Norton Colliery, Norton in the Moors
Norton colliery, Ford Green (1860-1977). This colliery was originally developed to supply the Ford Green furnaces after these were acquired by Mr. Heath around 1863. The rise of Ford Green followed the ...
Officials outside Littleton Colliery
The four men wearing hard hats and donkey jackets are National Coal Board and Littleton Colliery Officials. They are from left to right: John Nothard (Herbert House), Norman Siddall (Herbert House), Ted ...
Old Park Loading Point, Cannock Chase No.8 pit
View of coal trucks underground by a loading point.
These old shafts were re-opened whilst Cannock Wood Colliery was being sunk, to provide finance for the venture. They were producing coal before ...
Old Town Road and Deep Pit Colliery, Hanley
The view from the end of Old Town road towards Deep Pit Colliery with the winding gear in the centre. The curved building on the right belongs to H & E Smith, tile and fireplace manufacturers.
Deep ...
One million tonnes of coal, Lea Hall Colliery
Two miners chalking "100000" "1967" onto a full coal wagon. The miners are Charlie Lindley (wearing the helmet), and Sid Milsom.
Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal ...
Opening the Kemball Pit, Stoke-on-Trent
Mr Tom Smith, M.P., formally opening the gate at the head of the Kemball Pit off Grove Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent as an underground training centre for young miners. Also in the group are Sir Francis ...
Ormonde Street, Fenton
Ormonde Street (formerley Handley Street) off Duke Street in Fenton. In the background is the pit head gear of Fenton (Glebe) Colliery and to the left, its spoil tip. The building on the right hand side ...
Panorama from Bedford Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken from just north of the flight of locks at Bedford Street in Shelton. The camera is looking northwards along the Caldon Canal with the winding towers of Wolstanton Colliery on ...
Park Hall and Weston Coyney from Sutherland Road, Longton
An elevated view over Adderley Floral China and the Rosina China Works on Sutherland Road. The photograph was probably taken from the Bluebell Pottery on Barker Street, on the higher ground to the south ...
Park Hall Colliery, Longton (1860-1962)
Situated on the outskirts of Longton, the underground workings were merged with Florence Colliery in 1962.
The site later became the Cinderhill industrial estate.
Park House Colliery, Chesterton
Watercolour sketch by W. Richardson for his final painting of Park House Colliery, the large pit head wheels, tall chimney and outbuildings in this picture all appear in the final painting. Park House ...
Parkhall Colliery
Part of Parkhall Colliery alongside the mineral line, the Adderley Green and Bucknall branch line. In the photograph is the winding gear for the shaft and the "screens", where coal was sorted from stone. ...
Parkhall Colliery
The surface buildings and spoil tips of Parkhall Colliery. The trackway to the top of the tip is very clear. Opened in 1862, the colliery worked three main seams: Bowling Alley, Holly Lane and Hard ...
Parkhouse colliery, Chesterton
(1874-1968). Situated just off the A34 near Chesterton. It dates from 1874 when the original tandem pits were worked by J.H.Pearson of Handsworth, Birmingham who moved out in 1906. The colliery was taken ...
Parsonage Street, Tunstall
This is a view eastwards along Parsonage Street from the corner of Hawes Street/Summerbank Road. At the bottom is High Street. In the far distance is the conical spoil tip of Chatterley Whitfield Colliery.
The ...
Payclerks' windows at Lea Hall Colliery
Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts were started in 1954 and sunk to a depth of 1300ft (396m). The first coal was produced in 1960, and the colliery's ...