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| Workington Coalfield, Workington | ||
| Workington Coalfield | ||
| civil parish:- | Workington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | coal mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9927 (etc) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY92 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) item:- coal; steam engine; mine accident; accident |
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| source data:- | Book, Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, by John Postlethwaite, Keswick,
published by W H Moss and Sons, Whitehaven, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1877; published
1877-1913. goto sourcepage 154:- "It is stated in Lyson's History of Cumberland that - "The next colliery in point of extent, on the coast, is that of Workington, belonging to J. Christian Curwen, Esq., which exported for the five years ending 1813 about 28,000 wagon loads annually." Mr. Curwen's collieries at Harrington exported during the same period about 19,000, Broughton Moor 8,000, Maryport (Mr. Senhouse's colliery) 4,000, and from Flimby Wood (Mr. Walker's colliery) 4,000 wagon loads annually." "In 1815 four pits were being worked at Workington, from 60 to 90 fathoms deep, and about 400 persons were employed in them." "In the Workington colliery at that time (1815) there were six steam engines, three at Harrington, and two at Broughton Moor. The largest of these engines was at Isabella Pit, at Workington, being 160 horse power, and having a cylinder 66 inches in diameter." "In 1837, the sea broke into the colliery at Workington, and twenty-seven men and boys were drowned, and their bodies were not recovered. Twenty-eight horses were also drowned, and all the plant and underground machinery were lost. Some of the workings of this colliery extended upwards of three miles under the sea." |
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