Chisnall Hall Colliery
Nationalisation
After nationalisation on 1 January 1947, major rebuilding was authorised by the National Coal Board. A new headgear and screens replaced the original structures and a coal washery was added. During the 1950s and early 1960s, more than 1000 men were employed, producing about 250,000 tons of coal per year.
Closure
The colliery closed on 24 March 1967 and was the last pit in the Wigan area apart from small, privately owned mines. The washery and railway remained open for about four months, washing coal brought from Wood Pit, Haydock. The site was restored by Lancashire County Council between 1981 and 1983 and opened to the public. Little trace of the colliery or its railway survive. The two shafts were not capped and remain open and are partly filled with water. They are surrounded by high, protective brick walls.
See also
References
- ^ North Western Division Map 89, The Coalmining History Research Centre, archived from the original on 24 April 2010, retrieved 14 February 2011
- ^ North and East Lancashire's Mining Industry in 1896, projects.exeter.ac.uk, archived from the original on 13 August 2011, retrieved 26 September 2012
- ^ Chisnall Hall Colliery site, Coppull Moor, Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire County Council, archived from the original on 18 May 2014, retrieved 6 October 2019
- ^ Wigan Coal Corporation Ltd., Durham Mining Museum, retrieved 6 October 2019