COLLIERY GYPSY PITS (former Amberswood Colliery)
LOCATION 330 yards north-west of where Amberswood West Junction is crossed by a mineral line.
OWNERS
Colliery started by Richard H. Blundell 1840 – 1842
Passed to Crompton & Shawcross c1873 – late 1880s
  • Re-started 1894, closed December 1910.
  • Re-opened October 1922.
  • Closed and abandoned October 1924.

 

  • John Wood & Sons supplied a new 75hp. electric winder for the 1922 re-working.

 

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