Combermere Colliery

Combermere Colliery

Combermere Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield after 1867 in Shakerley, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England.

Combermere Colliery's two shafts were sunk to the Rams mine at 315 feet and the black and White mine at 600 feet[1] by the Tyldesley Coal Company[2] and opened in 1867. The colliery had a short life and closed in 1893. The company built a brickworks using fireclay from the mine at Combermere and the railway to it operated until the mid 1930s.[3]

References

  1. ^ Hayes 2004, p. 63
  2. ^ Tyldesley Coal Company, Durham Mining Museum, http://www.dmm.org.uk/company/t1002.htm, retrieved 2011-02-19 
  3. ^ Hayes 2004, p. 62
Bibliography
  • Hayes, Geoffrey (2004), Collieries and their Railways in the Manchester Coalfields, Landmark, ISBN 1-84306-135-X 

External links

Coordinates: 53°31′26″N 2°27′18″W / 53.524°N 2.455°W / 53.524; -2.455


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