colliery engineer
1Wet Earth Colliery — The Wet Earth Colliery has a unique place in British coal mining history, apart from being one of the earliest pits in the country; it is the place where the engineer James Brindley made water run uphill. The colliery was located on the… …
2Deep Navigation Colliery — The entrance to the former Deep Navigation Colliery, Treharris, in July 1984 Deep Navigation Colliery was a coal mine in South Wales, that operated from 1872 until 1991. Located next to the co developed village of Treharris in the borough of …
3Pleasley Colliery — is a former English coal mine. It is located to the NW of Pleasley village which sits astride the River Meden on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border. HistoryTimelineIt was sunk in the 1870s and produced coal until 1983. By some miracle it… …
4Tower Colliery — was the oldest continuously worked deep coal mine in the United Kingdom, and possibly the world, and the only mine of its kind remaining in the South Wales Valleys. It is located near the village of Rhigos, north of the town of Aberdare in the… …
5Chopwell Colliery — Chopwell Colliery …
6Markham Main Colliery — in August 1980 Location …
7John Nixon (mining engineer) — John Nixon (May 10, 1815 June 3, 1899), English mining engineer and colliery proprietor, was born at Barlow, Durham, the son of a farmer.He was educated at the village school, and at an academy in Newcastle on Tyne, where he distinguished himself …
8George Robert Stephenson (engineer) — Infobox Engineer image width = caption = name = George Robert Stephenson nationality = English birth date = 20 October 1819 birth place = Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear death date = Death date and age|1905|10|26|1819|10|20 death place =… …
9John Fowler (agricultural engineer) — Infobox Person name = John Fowler image size = 250px caption = birth date = 11 July 1826 birth place = Melksham, England death date = dda|1864|12|4|1826|7|11|df=y death place = Ackworth, West Yorkshire, England education = occupation =… …
10Minnie Pit Disaster — The Minnie Pit disaster was a coal mining accident in Halmer End, Staffordshire, UK in which 155 men died. The disaster took place on 12 January 1918, at the height of the Great War. The disaster, which was caused by an explosion due to firedamp …
