12 suggestions for "coal-mining+yorkshire"
Caphouse CollieryEx-colliery in Overton, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, now the National Coal Mining Museum for England.
Combs CollieryDeep coal pit in West Yorkshire, scene of a major explosion in 1839 that killed 139 men and boys working underground.
Elsecar CollieriesCollieries in South Yorkshire owned by the Wentworth Fitzwilliams from the late 18th century.
Elsecar engineSteam-driven Newcomen-type atmospheric pumping engine still in its original engine house at Elsecar near Barnsley. Designed by John Bargh of Chesterfield, the engine, is based on one invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712.
Emley Moor CollieryEmley Moor Colliery refers to several sinkings and drift mines over a large area of Emley, towards the television mast, between Flockton to the north and particularly towards Skelmanthorpe to the south
Grange Ash CollieryColliery that operated between 1871 and 1966, south of the A642 road east of Grange Moor crossroads.
Howroyd CollieryName for a number of day holes and drifts that worked the coal at the outcrop.
Huskar Pit disasterDeaths of 26 boys and girls working underground, drowned by an overflowing stream.
Kaye’s Mineral LineStandard gauge mineral line built to serve the pits owned by the Lister Kayes of Denby Grange in West Yorkshire.
Ledston Luck CollieryColliery nine miles east of Leeds and three miles north of Castleford on the Roman Ridge Road, sunk after coal had been proved under the Ledston Hall Estate in 1909.
Nostell CollieryFormer colliery on the South Yorkshire Coalfield, about four and a half miles south east of Wakefield, on the Nostell Priory estate.
Thornhill CollieryFormer colliery in the West Riding of Yorkshire, worked from the 16th century until 1972.