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| Jane Pit, Workington | ||
| Jane Pit | ||
| site name:- | Workington Coalfield | |
| Street:- | Mossbay Road | |
| locality:- | Frostoms | |
| locality:- | Workington | |
| civil parish:- | Workington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | coal mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NX99522777 | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9927 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 53 11) placename:- Jane Pit |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Jane Pit (Coal) / Shaft" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Jane Pit |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "DETACHED CHIMNEY AT JANE PIT / / MOSSBAY ROAD / WORKINGTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72279 / NX9950527786" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Chimney for disused Jane Pit. 1843 for Curwen family. Hammer-dressed calciferous sandstone. Round chimney on square base with round brick arches. Battlemented parapet below neck of chimney to match with that of the nearby engine-house chimney. Has G.V. with engine house." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "JANE PIT ENGINE HOUSE / / MOSSBAY ROAD / WORKINGTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72278 / NX9952227779" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Engine house for disused Jane Pit. 1843 for the Curwen family. Hammer-dressed calciferous and pink sandstone, with battlemented parapet and bracketed cornice, on rectangular plinth. 3-storey, 2-bay oval tower with higher circular chimney to rear. Doorway and windows on various levels in weathered architraves, now all open and barred. Chimney has brick-arched stoke holes at base. Battlemented parapet below neck of chimney to match the engine house. Pumping of this pit was discontinued in 1875." |
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| notes:- |
1843 to 1875 |
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| Lancaster and Wattleworth 1977 |
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