Archaeology Notes

Event ID 1117447

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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(Location cited as NS 8899 6340 - shafts No. 3 and 19). BENHAR Colliery (see also NS86SE 4.02)

Location: Harthill

Previous Owners: Summerlee Iron Company from 1936

Types of Coal: House and Steam

Sinking/Production Commenced: 1914

Year Closed: 1962

Average Workforce: 545

Peak Workforce: 772

Peak Year: 1947

Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts: No. 19 209m, and No. 3 210 deep

Details in 1948: Output 750 tons per day, 222,000 tons per annum, longwall working. 755 employees. 4 bar tables [equipment for grading coal by size], Norton Washer [type of coal washing equipment]. No baths, but full-meal canteen, first-aid services. All electricity AC, generated at mine. Report dated 28-07-1948.

Other Details: Baths opened in 1950

M K Oglethorpe 2006.