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 ...
Unidentified colliery, Longton
The colliery shown is possibly Park Hall Colliery, opened in 1860. Situated on the outskirts of Longton, the underground workings were merged with Florence Colliery in 1962.
The site later became the ...
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 ...
Valley Pit, Hednesford
Situated on Hednesford Common in a small valley, the remaining buildings are now home to the Museum of Cannock Chase . The pit was sunk in 1874 and was originally called Pool Pit, being sited near 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 and Brindley Ford, Stoke-on-Trent
The view north from Peck Mill Lane up the Ford Green valley towards Brindley Ford. In the background is Victoria Colliery. Most of the landscape in the photograph has been created through dumping mining ...
Victoria Colliery, Black Bull, Stoke-on-Trent
The headgear of number 1 and 2 shafts at Victoria Colliery (also known as Black Bull). Originally part of Robert Heath's coal and iron businesses. The colliery was closed in 1982 and the site is now a ...
Victoria Colliery, Black Bull, Stoke-on-Trent
Victoria Colliery, north west of Bemersley Road. Victoria Colliery (also known as Black Bull) is the most northerly pit in the North Staffs coalfield and was developed by the ironmaster Robert Heath ...
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 east from Abbey Lane, Abbey Hulton
This is a view south eastwards from Abbey Lane over the old Hanley and Bucknall Colliery dirt tips. The line of houses across the centre are on Abbey Road. Townsend is on the higher land in the distance....
View from Carmount Head, near Bagnall, Stoke-on-Trent
A view north from Woodhead Road with the waste tips of Norton Collieries to the left and Chatterley Whitfield to the right. Brown Edge is on the ridge running through the centre of the photograph.
View from Carmount Head, near Bagnall, Stoke-on-Trent
A view north west from Woodhead Road over Carmountside and the valley of the River Trent. The mound on the left is the waste tip of Sneyd Collieries and the mound to the right, the waste tip of Norton ...
View from Primrose Hill, Hanford
A view south east from the Primrose Hill area of Hanford. Almost in the centre is the "A frame" head gear and pit head buildings of Hem Heath colliery, now demolished. This is now part of the Trentham ...
View from Stile Cop near Brereton
This photograph was taken looking east from Stile Cop looking over the former site of Brereton Collieries. The last pit closed in 1960, the same year that production started at nearby Lea Hall Colliery....
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 ...