Birchenwood Colliery, Kidsgrove

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Date:1910 - 1925 (c.)

Description:This image shows pitheads numbers 4 and 18. It was at 18 that there was an explosion on 18 December 1925 when 7 men were killed and 14 were injured.

Birchenwood colliery opened in the 1890s, most of the coal being used for coke and other by-products. The colliery actually closed in 1932, but coke and other by-product production continued by using coal from other collieries. However this production also ceased in May 1973.

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Mining & Quarrying

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Donor ref:PA11596 (22/42550)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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