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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Holbrook Colliery
Parent Body	J & G Wells Limited
Place	Eckington
Epithet	coal mine
Dates	1877-1944
History	Opened in the early 1870s with 3 shafts and began producing coal in 1877. By the 1880s, the pit reportedly employed around 500 miners and was producing an acre of coal a week. It was served by the Midland Railway. The onsite coking ovens were served by a branch line of the Great Central Railway, as well as an internal railway system. In the national strike of 1893, the buildings were damaged as hundreds of strikers threw missiles and besieged non-union men in the engine house. It was linked to Westthorpe Colliery and after production stopped here in 1944, it became a ventilation shaft for Westthorpe Colliery
Relationships	In 1944, Holbrook Colliery ceased production. It was instead used as ventilation for nearby Westthorpe Colliery
Key Events	1877: Began producing coal 1893: Buildings damaged by strikers 1944: Production stopped and was used as a ventilation shaft for Westthorpe Colliery
Source	‘Eckington’, http://www.oldminer.co.uk/eckington.html Bridgewater, A. N., North Derbyshire Collieries (2009) https://www.aditnow.co.uk/documents/Doe-Lea-Coal-Mine/North20Derbyshire20Collieries20Small20Update.pdf
Authorised Form of Name	Eckington; Holbrook Colliery; 1877-1944; coal mine

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