Coal Mining Industry of Sheffield and North East Derbyshire
Details:
- Author(s) Wain, Ken
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2014
- Pages 223pp; illus
- Publisher Amberley
- Place Published Stroud
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- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Written by a former employee in the industry. Containc c50 short chapters on varying aspects but large provides profiles of individual collieries or other plant. - eg Birley East Colliery; Dent Main Colliery; Fence Colliery; Orgreave Coke & Chemical Plant; Sheffield Nunnery Colliery; Handsworth Nunnery Colliery; Tinsley Park Colliery; Brightside Colliery; Perseverance Colliery; J & G Wells Mining Co, Eckington; Norwood Colliery, Killamarsh; West Kiveton Colliery; Barlborough Colliery; High Moor Colliery; Westthorpe Colliery; Renishaw Colliery; Arkwright Colliery; Apperknowle and Unstone Collieries; Clowne Southgate Colliery; etc. Various businesses were owners, notably J & G Wells Mining Co; Sheffield Coal Co Ltd; Staveley Coal & Iron Co Ltd