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Lancashire mining museum,Astley Green,Gtr Manchester,England
- by Adi Little
- 2017-06-25
- 28 media
- 26 available
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the largest ever used on the Lancashire Coalfield, was installed at No 1 pit.
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They are fundraising to help restore and save the Pithead structure their website is.
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https://lancashireminingmuseum.org/
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It was the last colliery to be sunk in Astley. Sinking commenced in 1908.
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Astley Green Colliery was a coal mine in Astley, Greater Manchester,England.
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The company acquired the mineral rights for 700 acres (280 ha) of land.
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The headgear of No.1 pit survives it is made from wrought iron lattice girders with rivets
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No 2 pit was 833 yards deep. The shaft was 23 feet in diameter.
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Shaft sinking commenced in 1908 and proved difficult because of water and quicksand.
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No 1 pit was sunk to 890 yards primarily to win coal from the Trencherbone mine.
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It is nearly 30 meters (98 ft) high and was built by Head Wrightson of Stockton-on-Tees.
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It the last standing pithead winding gear left in Lancashire.
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In 1912 a twin tandem compound 3300 horsepower winding engine built by Yates and Thom
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The track is part of the world oldest rail line from rainhill trails in
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n 1923 the colliery employed 1524 men underground and 436 surface workers.
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At Nationalization in 1947 the colliery employed 1375 below and 561 above ground.
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The surface workers included women, known as pit brow lasses, who sorted coal.
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which increased to 1631 underground and 492 surface workers by 1933
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Women were employed at Astley Green until the mid-1950s.
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by the Pilkington Colliery Company, a subsidiary of the Clifton and Kersley Coal Company.
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The colliery had a lifespan of only 62 years, finally closing its gates in 1970.
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After a long period of closure a band of ex miners started to bring the pit back to life.
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By the Red Rose Steam Society Limited, a registered charity based in Lancashire.
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The headgear of No.1 pit survives it is made from wrought iron lattice girders with rivets