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Handsworth Colliery
| Location: |
Handsworth, nr. Sheffield
3½ miles [5 km] E of Sheffield
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 111 Sheffield and Doncaster, 120 Mansfield and Worksop) SK409868, 53° 22' 36" N, 1° 23' 6" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
Nunnery Colliery Co., Ltd. |
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1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1954 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| Employment: |
1923 - Flockton - 150 |
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1923 - Parkgate - 485 |
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1933 - Parkgate - 971 (621 below, 350 surface) |
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1940 - Furnace - 21 (16 below, 5 surface) |
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1940 - Parkgate - 894 (497 below, 397 surface) |
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1954 - 1,472 (1,131 below, 341 surface) |
| Seams Worked: |
1954 - Flockton, Haigh Moor, High Hazels, Parkgate |
| Notes: |
Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
Description
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 Handsworth Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Handsworth Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1923 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
- 1933 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
- 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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