Herbertshire Colliery - Woodyett (No 2 pit) or Station (No 3 pit)

Maker
Unknown
Production date
Circa 1910
 Description
View of a colliery with two sets of winding gear, chimney and various brick built buildings. Pit props are stored at the side of the site. Believed to be Woodyett Pit
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Herd, Walker, Photo Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Circa 1910
Subject place
Station Pit?/Denny town centre/Denny area
Woodyett Pit?/Denny area
Subject notes
Identified as Woodyett Pit in "Denny and Dunipace Roll of Honour". The colliery began as an ironstone mine in the mid 19th century. Later, as a coal mine, it was a fiery pit with a high incidence of firedamp (methane). In 1893 an explosion killed two men possibly when a miner opened his safety lamp and in 1936 another two died. Station Pit was Herbertshire Colliery No 3
Accession number
P13106

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