Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Haig Colliery Mining Museum | |
| other name:- | Haig Pit | |
| MDA code:- | WHHHC | |
| site name:- | Whitehaven Coalfield | |
| site name:- | Thwaite Pit | |
| locality:- | Kells | |
| locality:- | Whitehaven | |
| parish |
Whitehaven borough, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| museum; art gallery | ||
| coordinates:- |
NX96721759 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NX91
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| 1Km square | NX9617 | |
 Haig Colliery Mining Museum -- Whitehaven Coalfield -- Thwaite Pit -- Kells -- Whitehaven -- Whitehaven -- Cumbria / -- Pit head and terraces of houses. -- 29.8.2008 | ||
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| ENGINE HOUSES, POWER STATION AND PITHEAD GEAR AT HAIG COLLIERY / / SOLWAY ROAD / WHITEHAVEN / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 429196 / NX9672817597 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Engine houses, power station, and pithead gear. Dates back to 1917; later additions and alterations. Main building brick with mineral-felted roofs; pithead gear, steel. Originally 'H' shaped plan, central power station was extended to rear. Single tall storey, each engine house (the cross-wings) is 6 bays. The south engine house entrance is up a flight of steps; wooden double doors with semicircular fanlight, 5 tall semi- circular windows to left. 3 similar windows, with oculus above, in east return. North engine house is mirror image. 6-bay power station has 6 similar windows. Decorative brick corbel table and corner pilasters. Large louvred vents to roof ridges. Machinery is still intact, all by BEVER DORLING & CO LTD, BRADFORD: two 21" bore engines (installed 1917) in the north engine house, two 42" bore engines (installed 1933) in the south engine house. The pithead gear probably dates back to 1917 although component parts have been renewed over the years. | ||
| district:- | Copeland | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NX96721759 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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