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Westhorpe Colliery
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| Location: | Killamarsh, nr. Sheffield 7½ miles [12 km] SE of Sheffield |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 120 Mansfield and Worksop) SK453796, 53° 18' 41" N, 1° 19' 11" W |
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| Sinking Started: | 1924 |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
Westthorpe, Killamarsh, Nr. Sheffield : Shaft sunk 149 yds. deep in 1924 near Yorkshire boundary, 1 in 3 surface drift 1955, virtually 100 per cent mechanised, 800 men produce over 500,000 tons from Thornecliffe. Flockton (Yorkshire) Seams.
NCB Leaflet: Coal in North Derbyshire, published April 1967
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
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Names of those killed at this colliery
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Westhorpe Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Westhorpe Colliery
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