Image ID: 42358

Bottom Pit, Lifting winding wheel of the headstocks

Hucknall No.2 Colliery
Hucknall
Nottinghamshire
England

The Hucknall Colliery pits were sunk by the Hucknall Colliery Company, whose partners were Alfred Ellis, Edward Shipley Ellis, William Paget and William Walker. This arrival of industrialism transformed Hucknall into a boomtown as families came into the area from Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. Pits dominated the work scene for most of the male workers for over 100 years until the closure of Hucknall Colliery in 1986. This view shows no. 5 shaft which was the upcast shaft.

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Keywordscollierycoalminingindustryindustrialmachinerymenminerspit-topchimneysheadstocksshedfenceworkerspitcolliery

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