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.
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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 ...
Vehicle garage under construction, Littleton Colliery
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 ...
Victoria Colliery, Black Bull, Stoke-on-Trent
No 2 upcast shaft at Victoria Colliery, also known as Black Bull after the nearby village, opened in 1857 and closed in 1982.
The upcast shaft acted like a chimney being used to draw spent or foul air ...
View of Baggeridge Woods Coal Mine, Himley
This photograph appears to show the erection of a new winding gear, prior to a new pit being sunk.
The first shaft at Baggeridge was sunk in February 1899, mining a coal seam at a depth of 600 feet. ...
View of Littleton Colliery
Part of Littleton stockyard is picture here, with coal screening buildings in the background.
Cannock and Huntington Collieries Company started sinking both No. 1 Shaft and No. 2 Shaft in January 1877. ...
View of Littleton Colliery
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 ...
View of the Potteries from Stoke-on-Trent
A view south east from open ground near the top of Sturgess Street in Stoke-on-Trent. The roof in the centre foreground behind the trees belongs to the main range of Falcon Pottery Works, built 1902-1905. ...
Visitors at Hilton Main Colliery, Essington
A group of visitors pictured at Hilton Main Colliery, near Essington.
Hilton Main Colliery started production on 30 September 1924 with an output of around 350,000 tons. The pit remained in production ...
West Cannock Colliery, Hednesford
An aerial view looking south over West Cannock Colliery on the southern edge of Cannock Chase. The road running from left to right in the top of the photograph is the A460 between Rugeley and Hednesford....
West Cannock Colliery, No 3 Hednesford
View of mine buildings and winding gear. One coal truck with the name of the colliery painted on side is standing by the railway.
West Cannock Colliery Company had 5 sites:
No.1 plant (pit) was ...
West Cannock No 5 Pit
An aerial view of West Cannock No 5 Pit and the causeway across Rising Brook Valley, between Hednesford and Rugeley on Cannock Chase coal mine. A balloon advertising Staffordshire Building Society can ...
West Cannock No. 3 Colliery, Hednesford
The West Cannock Colliery Company's No. 3 pit was located near the junction of Cannock and Belt Roads in Hednesford near The Bridge Inn. It opened in 1871 and closed in 1949. Unusually there are three ...
West Cannock No.5 Colliery., Hednesford
A postcard view showing the construction of what was then the newest of Cannock Chase Colliery Co.'s pits, Number 5 Pit at Brindley Heath, Hednesford. It was known as 'Fives' and the colliery shafts had ...