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Sherwood Colliery - Prize winning pit pony and boy

Courtesy of Mansfield Museum and Art Gallery

Sherwood Rise
Mansfield Woodhouse
England

The sinking of Sherwood Colliery by the Ellis family from Hucknall in 1902-3 gave the local economy a boost and saw Mansfield Woodhouse expand into a small town. The pit used a horizontal cross compound winder by Fraser & Chalmers and Erith.

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