Linnyshaw Colliery or Berryfield was a

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originally owned by the Bridgewater Trustees operating after 1860 on the

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, then in the historic county of

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, England.

History

Linnyshaw Colliery was the first of the Bridgewater Collieries' pits to have shafts exclusively sunk to access the deeper seams of the coalfield. It was sunk to 300 yards and accessed the

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, Crombouke, Brassey and Seven Foot mines.

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was initially by furnace at the bottom of the No. 2 upcast shaft. This was replaced by a fan made by Walker Brothers of Wigan. The colliery was operational until 1921 when

Sandhole Colliery Sandhole Colliery (or Bridgewater Colliery) was a coal mine originally owned by the Bridgewater Trustees operating on the Manchester Coalfield in Walkden, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abb ...

took over its remaining coal reserves. Pumping water continued until 1936 when the site was finally cleared.

References

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External links

Aerial photograph of Linnyshaw Colliery, Linnyshaw and Wardley Cotton Mills and environs, Walkden, 1929
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