Sneyd Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent
A huge electrical generator at Sneyd Colliery in 1920. These generators were powered by steam turbine and were immensely powerful. They would provide almost all of the electrical power used by the colliery....
Spark Street, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking eastwards along Spark Street (Park Street until the 1950s renaming) down towards London Road. At the bottom is the frontage of the Minton pottery works with one of the bottle ovens ...
Staff at West Cannock No.5 pit
Men and boys employed by the mining company assembled in front of a winding wheel.
West Cannock Colliery Company had 5 sites:
No.1 plant (pit) was sunk in 1869 and closed in 1958 it had a downcast ...
Stafford Colliery from Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph is taken from the abandoned track bed of the old Michelin railway branch line south of Sideway Old Road. The branch line connected the tyre factory to the main line which it joined near ...
Stone dust spraying wagon, Lea Hall Colliery
Locomotive carrying stone dust spraying wagon. The wagon in front is carrying bags of dust, and the wagon behind contains a generator and hose pipe.
Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk ...
Tamworth Colliery and Brickworks
General view of the early workings of Tamworth Colliery, with the Brickworks in the foreground, Coventry canal in the centre, and Tamworth colliery in the background. The figure to the right in the photograph, ...
'The Big A', Hem Heath Colliery
New Hem Heath ‘the big A’ (1950-1990). This colliery was known as ‘The Big A’ because of its distinctive headgear as seen in the photograph. Work began in 1950 on sinking a new shaft, 24 feet in diameter ...
The bottom of Basford Bank, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking northwards from Etruria Road close to the bottom of Basford Bank towards Wolstanton Colliery. On the skyline are the houses in May Bank, built from the 1920s onwards.
The foreground is a jumble ...
The Drawing Office, Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley
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 ...
The view from Grove Road, Fenton
The camera is looking north east from the western end of Grove Road. In the foreground is the old recreation ground in Mount Pleasant and beyond, hidden in the dip, Smith's Pool. To the right hand side ...
The Winding Engine House, Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley
Two men looking at a tachograph in the winding engine house. On the left is George Ponder, Chief Electrical Engineer who lived at Brereton. He was promoted and left to work in Warwickshire in 1964 and ...
Trainee miners at Kemball Pit, Stoke-on-Trent
A group of trainee coal miners with their instructors at Kemball Pit which was situated off Grove Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Kemball was owned by the Stafford Coal and Iron Company and mined coal ...
Trainee miners at Kemball Pit, Stoke-on-Trent
A group of trainee coal miners underground at the Kemball Pit which was situated off Grove Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Kemball was owned by the Stafford Coal and Iron Company and mined coal and ironstone. ...
Trent & Mersey Canal at Sideway, Stoke-on-Trent
A view south along the Trent & Mersey Canal in the Sideway area of Stoke, with, in the distance, the A frame and head gear of Hem Heath Colliery. Alongside the canal are sidings belonging to the colliery. ...
Underground charging station and garage for Clayton Pony Loco, Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley
A set of rails run through the middle of the station, with generators and an overhead lifting beam covering both sides. Note also the roller staging to facilitate the handling of heavy batteries.
Lea ...
Underground rescue ambulance, Lea Hall Colliery
Ambulance with seats of wooden slats and spring loaded bars to carry stretchers.
Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts were started in 1954 and ...
Valley Colliery Offices, Hednesford
The building, since demolished, was situated on the Rugeley Road, Hednesford opposite the park. An access road to the Valley Pit ran along the right of the property where the Museum of Cannock Chase is ...
Valley Mines Training Centre, Western Area, Hednesford
The Valley Mines Training Centre in Valley Road, Hednesford closed in 1982, and since 1989 has housed the Museum of Cannock Chase, previously named The Valley Heritage Centre'. It was once part of the ...