MONKWOOD NEW COLLIERY REMAINS 1990’s.

MOST HAS NOW BEEN COVERED OVER FOR SAFETY.

KEEP TO THE FOOTPATHS

Lea Bridge

Barlow Lees tramway crosses footpath

Support built out of stone quarried locally

Footpath travelled by many miners

Soak in the atmosphere

 

Some of the ruined local stone buildings

Ventilation tunnel

Upcast ventilation tunnel to the chimney

More return air buildings

Brick on stone

Iron tie bars on chimney site

Stone walled building

Stood in return shaft arch is return airway to tunnel

The whole site is raised from ground level by a mound of spoil

Return shaft brickwork

 

In 2002

Some of the brick out buildings

Oak beam in downcast or intake shaft

Inside the downcast shaft

Shaft wall

Photographs ANB 2010.

Map Ordnance Survey.