| Administrative History | The Ramcroft Colliery Company first sunk a shaft in 1916. During its lifetime it worked the Top Hard and Waterloo coal seams. Following the colliery's success during the First World War, a railway branch line and sidings were added to move the coal more easily. This success was short lived as in 1929, it became mothballed due to a build up of water. During this time it was still being pumped by the Hardwick Company, so it didn’t flood their nearby mines. The Hardwick Company finally took over in 1930, following the liquidation of the Ramcroft Colliery Company.
Due to the continuing problems of the build-up of water, the colliery was not reopened until 1940. The colliery was transferre to the control of the National Coal Board as a result of the nationalisation of the coal industry on 1947. It became part of the East Midlands Division ARea No. 1. A drift mine was added in 1952 to connect the onsite workings of the Waterloo and Top Hard coal seams. The site officially closed in 1966, but some opencast mining still continued here after that date. |