Kent's Lane Colliery, Silverdale

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Date:1965

Description:Kent's Lane Colliery was in Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, it opened in 1830 to provide coal to the Silverdale ironworks and was managed by the Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Company. After nationalisation in the 1970s Kent's Lane became known as Silverdale Colliery. It was the most productive colliery in the area and the last to close in 1998.

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Donor ref:NM.2000.64.19 (22/6105)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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