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Pennington (Iron Ore)
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| Location: | Pennington 5 miles [8 km] NE of Barrow-in-Furness |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 96) SD251764, 54° 10' 41" N, 3° 8' 51" W |
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| Owners: | 1890s - Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Ltd. |
| 1910s - Harrison, Ainslie & Co. Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). |
| 1910 - Iron ore (red hematite). | |
| 1915 - Iron ore (red hematite). | |
| 1920 - Iron ore (red hematite). | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 0 [inc. in Whitriggs] |
| 1910 - 116 (74 below, 42 surface) | |
| 1915 - 221 (148 below, 73 surface) | |
| 1920 - 41 (22 below, 19 surface) [Abandoned] | |
 Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Pennington (Iron Ore) |
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| Notes: | 1920 - Abandoned |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Ronson, Henry, 27 Sep 1911, aged 40, Miner, owing to a misapprehension of signals the bucket was lowered instead of raised, with the result that the loaded bucket knocked an empty bucket off the tram and down the shaft | |||||
|  | Walker, Thomas, 26 Jul 1858, aged 40, killed by a shaft accident | ||||
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If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by
The West Cumbria Mines Research
and are marked with .
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Pennington (Iron Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Pennington (Iron Ore)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
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