| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Tinsley Park Colliery |
| Parent Body | Benjamin Huntsman (1819-1846) |
| Tinsley Coal Company (1846-1898) |
| Tinsley Park Colliery Company (1898-1943) |
| Place | Tinsley, Sheffield |
| Epithet | coal mine |
| Dates | 1819-1943 |
| History | First sunk in 1819 as a bell pit on Earl Fitzwilliam's estate located to the east of Sheffield. This corresponded with the opening of the Greenland Arm of the Sheffield Canal, which the Earl had been a major contributor of. Benjamin Huntsman soon acquired a lease to work the coal. He created the Tinsley Coal Company in 1846, which worked the colliery until the Tinsley Park Colliery Company was registered in 1898 to take over the collieries worked by the Tinsley Coal Company.
In 1900, the colliery was connected to the Sheffield District Railway. This had many branch lines to serve the local collieries and associated works. The largest branch served Tinsley Park Colliery.
Further shafts were sunk in 1902 and 1909. Eventually there were around 8 shafts, which were classed as separate collieries. It worked the High Hazel, Wath Wood, Parkgate, Haigh Moor and Barnsley coal seams.
The ovens onsite were used from the end of the 19th century. These were replaced in 1913 and were used for recovering coal tar and ammonia. In 1918, coke ovens were added. Gas produced by them these ovens supplied the Sheffield Gas Company.
The site closed in 1943 due to a lack of profits during the Second World War. Production was initially lowered but costs had increased, making the mine financially unviable by the time it closed. |
| Authorised Form of Name | Tinsley Park Colliery; 1819-1943; coal mine |
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