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Arkwright Colliery

Location:	Arkwright Town, nr. Chesterfield 11½ miles [18 km] SSE of Sheffield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 120 Mansfield and Worksop) SK428705, 53° 13' 46" N, 1° 21' 32" W
Opened:
Closed:
Sinking Started:	1899
Owners:	Arkwright Coal Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (138,000 tons)
	1948 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1950 - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1940 - 136 (108 below, 28 surface)
	1947 - 324 (261 below, 63 surface)
	1948 - 365 (295 below, 70 surface)
	1950 - 573 (474 below, 99 surface)
Seams Worked:	1948 - Top Hard
	1950 - Top Hard, Waterloo
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Arkwright, Arkwright Town, Nr. Chesterfield: Surface drifts dated 1899, 1939, one mile apart; 600 men produce 290,000 tons 1st and 2nd Waterloo Seams. Virtually 100 per cent mechanised.

NCB Leaflet: Coal in North Derbyshire, published April 1967

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Arkwright Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Arkwright Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1948 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website