Great Row View Development, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Great Row View development in Wolstanton is built on the former spoil heap of Wolstanton Colliery.
The colliery was once the biggest employer in Newcastle-under-Lyme and boasted some of the deepest ...
Group of miners leaving Littleton Colliery
These photographs were taken on the last shift at Littleton Colliery in December 1993.
Three miners can be seen here walking through Littleton Colliery Pithead Baths. On the far right is Alan Key, ...
Grouting a colliery shaft, Stoke-on-Trent
Grouting of an old colliery shaft. We haven’t been able to identify the exact location but the slag heap in the distance may belong to Sneyd Colliery or Chatterley Whitfield Colliery.
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Haden Hill No 1 Colliery, Rowley Regis
Coal miners, ponies and carts and winding gear at Haden Hill No.1 Colliery, Rowley Regis, West Midlands.
Hand drawn map of Gravel Lane, Huntington
Hand drawn map by Tony Briggs senior who worked at Littleton pit for many years as an electrician. His map shows the location of residents housing around the Gravel Lane Littleton pit area as he remembered ...
Hanley deep pit
Hanley deep pit (Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Co.Ltd.) (1854-1962).
The original Deep Pits were sunk in 1854 to a depth of 500 yards. In the early years of the century the shafts were widened and deepened ...
Hanley Deep Pit Colliery
The winding gear of No.1 shaft of Deep Pit Colliery in Hanley. This photograph was taken from Town Road with one of the conical spoil tips just visible behind the winding gear.
Hanley Deep pit was ...
Harvesting wheat, near Cradley Heath
Harvesting in the Black Country. A reaper binder pulled by three horses harvesting a field of wheat with Homer Hill colliery in the background. The photographer was living in Cradley Heath when he took ...
Hem Heath Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph shows the main entrance to Hem Heath Colliery off Trentham Road.
The first shaft at Hem Heath was started in 1924 for the Stafford Coal and Iron Company with the second started after ...
Hem Heath Colliery, Trentham.
Hem Heath colliery was one of the biggest in the area and was located in the south of the North Staffordshire coalfield at Trentham.
The 'Big A' headstock stood defiantly as an icon to the mining industry ...
Hill Top, Ecton Mine
Mine buildings, ruins and spoil on Hill Top, Ecton copper mines, near Wetton in the Manifold Valley.
Mining was taking place at Ecton in the 17th century and was reputedly the first British mine to ...
Holditch colliery, Chesterton
(1912-1989). Known locally as ‘Brymbo’, there were two shafts approximately 2000 feet deep. An explosion occurred in July 1937, killing 30 men and injuring 8. Modernisation took place after 1947 using ...
Holditch sinkings, Chesterton
A view of the Holditch sinkings at Chesterton, showing the winding wheel for the mine. The sinking at Holditch was to enable deeper coal seams to be reached.
Howson's bottle ovens, Eastwood Works, Hanley
George Howson & Sons were manufacturers of sanitary ware at the Eastwood Works in Hanley. The company started in the 1860s and was finally sold to Armitage Shanks in 1966. The photograph shows the bottle ...
Huntley Earthworks. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a view of the Earth Works at Huntley, Staffordshire. Taken on April 27th 1933.
Huntley Earthworks. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a view of the earthworks at Huntley, Staffordshire. Taken on April 27th 1933.
Interior of lamp room, Lea Hall Colliery
Behind the lamps rows of switch gear can be seen in the background.
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 ...
Interior of the Upcast pit-top, Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley
The upcast shaft is used for return ventilation as well as for lifting two sets of cages. On the right is the mine-car tipper.
This was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. ...