Sandhole Colliery

The Sandhole Colliery or Bridgewater Colliery was a coal mine originally owned by the Bridgewater Trustees operating on the Manchester Coalfield in Walkden, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England.[1] The colliery closed in 1962.

History

The Bridgewater Trustees began sinking two 12 feet diameter shafts for the Bridgewater Colliery in 1865.[2] The winding house contained two engines built by Naysmyth, Wilson & Company. The engines survived until 1962 when the colliery closed. Two further shafts were sunk soon after, one of which was sunk to the Doe mine at 432 yards for ventilation and emergency use. No 3 shaft was 14 feet 6 inches in diameter and sunk to 330 yards. This shaft was deepened to 565 yards in 1943.[3]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ NW Division map, cmhrc.co.uk, retrieved 2011-04-28
  2. ↑ Atkinson 1998, p. 51
  3. ↑ Hayes 2004, p. 91

Bibliography

  • Atkinson, Glen (1998), The Canal Duke's Collieries Worsley 1760-1900, Neil Richardson (Second Edition), ISBN 978-1-85216-120-0 
  • Hayes, Geoffrey (2004), Collieries and their Railways in the Manchester Coalfields, Landmark, ISBN 1-84306-135-X 

Coordinates: 53°31′01″N 2°22′26″W / 53.517°N 2.374°W / 53.517; -2.374

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