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Entry Type
Corporate
Corporate Name
Calow Colliery
Parent Body
Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited
Also Known As
Calow Main Colliery
Place
Calow
Epithet
coal mine
Dates
1899-1934
History
The colliery was first sunk in 1899 by the Staveley Coal and Iron Company, following the construction of a railway branch line from Chesterfield that served both Calow and Bonds Main Colliery. It is thought that some experimental older shafts sunk in the 1870s were used as ventilation shafts. In 1908, the underground workings were joined with Bonds Main Colliery. There were also 2 drift mines at the site. The pit village of Arkwright served the colliery, as well as nearby Arkwright Colliery. The colliery closed 1934 when it was decided to centralise local workings at Arkwright Colliery, where it was possible to produce bigger and better qualities of coal. The shafts and drift mines were absorbed into the Arkwright site.
Source
‘Bonds Main’, https://www.oldminer.co.uk/bonds-main.html
‘Bond's Main Colliery Closed May 1949 After 52 Years’, http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/individual/Bob_Bradley/Bk-4/B4-1949-B.html
‘Calow Main’, http://www.oldminer.co.uk/calow-main.html
Griffins, A. R., Mining in the East Midlands, 1550-1947 (London: Frank Cass & Company Limited, 2005)
Wain, K., The Coal Mining Industry of Sheffield and North Derbyshire (Amberley, 2014)
Authorised Form of Name
Calow Colliery; 1899-1934; coal mine
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