Pendleton Colliery
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Pendleton Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield
after 1820 in Pendleton
, then in the historic county of Lancashire
, England.
The colliery was begun by John Purcell Fitzgerald who sank shafts to the Three Foot and Worsley Four Foot mines in 1820. The pit was flooded in 1834.
It was managed by Robert Stephenson whose brother George acted as consulting engineer. In 1836 two eight feet diameter shafts were sunk to deeper, drier seams and by 1840 the Albert and Crombouke mines were reached. In 1852 Andrew Knowles and Sons
bought the colliery and developed it by deepening the shafts to access the Rams mine at 1545 feet. As the coal
was worked from the coal seams which dipped at 1 in 3 and Pendleton became the deepest coal mine in the country when the workings reached 3,600 feet where the temperature at the coal face reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
In 1896 Pendleton Nos. 1 & 2 pits employed 441 underground and 126 surface workers
and in 1933 employed 272 underground and 117 on the surface.
Ground upheaval in the Rams mine caused five deaths in 1925.
The colliery became part of Manchester Collieries
in 1929 and closed in 1939.
Manchester Coalfield
The Manchester Coalfield is part of the South East Lancashire Coalfield. Its coal seams were laid down in the Carboniferous period and some easily accessible seams were worked on a small scale from the Middle Ages and extensively from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th...
after 1820 in Pendleton
Pendleton, Greater Manchester
Pendleton is an inner city area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is about from Manchester city centre. The A6 dual carriageway skirts the east of the district....
, then in the historic county of Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, England.
The colliery was begun by John Purcell Fitzgerald who sank shafts to the Three Foot and Worsley Four Foot mines in 1820. The pit was flooded in 1834.
It was managed by Robert Stephenson whose brother George acted as consulting engineer. In 1836 two eight feet diameter shafts were sunk to deeper, drier seams and by 1840 the Albert and Crombouke mines were reached. In 1852 Andrew Knowles and Sons
Andrew Knowles and Sons
Andrew Knowles and Sons was a coal mining company that operated in and around Clifton, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire. England....
bought the colliery and developed it by deepening the shafts to access the Rams mine at 1545 feet. As the coal
was worked from the coal seams which dipped at 1 in 3 and Pendleton became the deepest coal mine in the country when the workings reached 3,600 feet where the temperature at the coal face reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
In 1896 Pendleton Nos. 1 & 2 pits employed 441 underground and 126 surface workers
and in 1933 employed 272 underground and 117 on the surface.
Ground upheaval in the Rams mine caused five deaths in 1925.
The colliery became part of Manchester Collieries
Manchester Collieries
Manchester Collieries was a coal mining company formed in 1929 with headquarters at Walkdenfrom a group of independent companies operating on the Manchester Coalfield. The Mining Industry Act of 1926 attempted to stem the post-war decline in coal mining and encourage independent companies to merge...
in 1929 and closed in 1939.