Beyond the historical significance as the site of a tragic disaster, Barnsley Main is among the few remnants that dot the English landscape after the dissolution of the mining industry. A small amount of firedamp was made in the No.3 District but only of the order of .1 per cent with 5,000 cubic feet of air per minute flowing. Engine house: This has a tall ground floor which is mainly blind except for a wide entrance in the western gable and a doorway and pair of windows at high level on the northern side. The colliery closed and re-opened many times from 1929 until closure in 1966. the colliery had two shafts, 400 yards apart. Discuss in Forum; Vote! Barnsley, Yorkshire. SuperSize! The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry. Home > Mines, Quarries & Sites > Barnsley Main Coal Colliery > Photographs Of Barnsley Main > No4 Shaft No4 Shaft. The following information has been contributed by users volunteering for our Enriching The List project. Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month.

The No.2 downcast shaft was 15 … Openings were subsequently bricked up to secure the structures from unauthorised entry and vandalism. All rights reserved. Barnsley 1985 Darfield: Barnsley 1989 merged with Houghton Main Dearne Valley: Barnsley 1989 Denby Grange Wakefield 1991 at Netherton village Dinnington: Rotherham 1991 Dodworth: Barnsley 1987 between 1985-7, only Redbrook shaft operated - known as 'Redbrook Colliery' Emley, West Yorkshire: Kirklees 1985 Ferrymoor/Riddings Wakefield 1985 The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history. With these recommendations the report finished. No.8 District consisted of a face which had just been headed out. The gas in the cavity persisted right up to the time of the explosion. https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main...=barnsley+main. Testing vertical aerial photography methods at British Camp on the Malvern Hills. The gate-head attendant at the face of the conveyor gate and the fillers working on the upper half of the left face were also burnt. 'cwmorthin', use 'Sounds like search' if unsure of spelling, Tip: narrow down your search by typing more than one word and selecting 'Search for all words' or 'Exact search', AditNow... the site for mine explorers and mining historians, Mine explorer and mining history videos on YouTube, Connect with other mine explorers on Facebook. Disused colliery winding engine house and pit head structures of circa 1900 origin, but modernised 1956. Barnsley, Yorkshire.

Most of the injured made their way to the shaft unaided and very little was attempted underground in the way of first aid. The report on the causes and circumstances attending the explosion which occurred at Barnsley Main Colliery, Barnsley, Yorkshire on the 7th May 1947, was made by H.J. The two repairers in the new crossgate and six of the seven colliers filling at the top of the face and the shotfirer were killed. The seam was overlain by 12 feet 2 inch of blue bind and underlain by 5 feet 9 inches of spavin. Two 550 volt KVA transformers were available to provide supply from the Yorkshire Electric Power Company. The connections of the two tail gates were made only with in a day or two of the explosion and these explosions were being enlarged on the morning of the explosion. Two standing giants remain as a tribute to Luxembourg's metallurgical past. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. Previously under Rylands Main Colliery whose pit head was immediately to the south, the workings were developed and renamed Barnsley Main Colliery.

SuperSize! The explosive used was Plastex in the coal and Polar Viking in the rippings.

Barnsley Main Colliery closed in 1991 but fortunately a headgear, heapstead and Winding Engine house were conserved on the lower part of the site at NGR SE365063. If you wish to report an issue with a contribution or have a question please email [email protected].

Hallford 1,624 views. Electric current for operation it was conveyed through a collectively screened 5 core trailing cable suspended from the chocks on the gob side of the conveyor. Just as an aside when I was leaving the upper site I found 3 half winding wheels rusting and forgotten in the hedge. The report commented: It is a great privilege once again to bear witness to the cool courage and determination which characterises the conduct of all concerned on these occasions regardless of all personal consequences. According to the medical evidence, one man died from a fractured skull and the others lived long enough to die from the effects of afterdamp which they inhaled but they were unlikely to have moved after the explosion. * Industrial architecture: for the nationally rare survival of an essentially C19 arrangement of winding shaft structures modernised in the 1950s by the National Coal Board;

The colliery was in the Borough of Barnsley where, in the last century explosions which had caused large loss of life had occurred in the neighbourhood. These were the only reports of gas since January previous when it was found by the manager and an Inspector at a similar place when the cross gate was put through.

There was no difference of opinion as to the source of ignition which was due to an arc formed between the cores of the trailing cable and a moving nut on the rocker arm of the driving gear of the shaker conveyor. Those who were not injured and some that were slightly burnt made valiant efforts to assist those less fortunate and carried on with the recovery work aided by the officials and other men from other districts. Window details are the same as those to the ground floor, most retaining their steel frames and glazing bars, and regularly spaced with four to the north, three to the south and two to the eastern gable. The graffiti-covered brickwork and motionless winding gear now stand stark and stoic atop its wooded hill.

Eventually, the site was amalgamated into the Barnsley Main Colliery, which operated until 1991. A simple 1956 datestone on the engine house is thought to date this modernisation, including the construction of the upper floor of the engine house and the upper part of the shaft-head building. Was much the same when I went a couple of years back, there was a new looking wired up CCTV camera pointed straight at where the access obviously used to be... By FibreGlassZebra in forum Industrial Sites. The system of support was mainly by chocks set at maximum distances of 6 feet centres in a row with rows at 5 feet 6 inch centres. The Oaks Colliery workings became part of Barnsley Main Colliery which closed and re-opened several times between 1929 and 1966.

It occupied four full days and examined 24 witnesses and all interested parties were represented. Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Up to the beginning of 1947 the colliery was owned by Barrow Barnsley Main Collieries Limited and in the reorganisation of the industry they had decided to close it and win the coal from two other collieries but on representations, this plan was modified and it was decided to work the Kent’s Thick Seam and to cease work on all other seams. Regarding the electrical equipment it was recommended that wherever practicable, motors driving conveyors or any other fixed machinery should be placed in the intake air and all flexible cables in use at the face should be examined at least once in every working shift by a person who is properly trained. It was not possible to enter the right side of the face owing to smoke and fumes but the left side of the face cleared at once. Often missed when visiting the site are the nearby mine office buildings of later NCB style and also some complete buildings associated with another shaft on the mine. Harry Irwin Baxter aged 25 years, repairer. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the world’s hidden wonders.

There have also been several information boards installed. For small corrections to the List Entry please see our Minor Amendments procedure. In 1866, Barnsley Main, then known as Oaks Colliery, was the site of the worst mining disaster ever to have occurred in England. Window openings (infilled with blockwork) are scattered and generally square. Using an old browser means that some parts of our website might not work correctly.