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The colliery closed on 24th March 1967, the last in the Wigan area other than small private mines. The washery and railway remained open for about 4 months, washing coal brought from Wood Pit, Haydock. |
The colliery closed on 24th March 1967, the last in the Wigan area other than small private mines. The washery and railway remained open for about 4 months, washing coal brought from Wood Pit, Haydock. |
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Landscaping of the very large waste heap and colliery site was very thorough and won awards. Almost no traces of the colliery or its railway survive. |
Landscaping of the very large waste heap and colliery site was very thorough and won awards{{by whom}}. Almost no traces of the colliery or its railway survive. |
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Revision as of 00:22, 14 December 2009
Sunk on Coppull Moor between 1891 and 1900, Chisnall Hall was the largest pit in the area north of Wigan. It was owned by the Pearson & Knowles Coal and Iron Co Ltd, of Warrington and connected to the LNWR Wigan-Preston main line by a 1.5 mile private railway. In 1930, Pearson & Knowles merged with the Wigan Coal & Iron Co Ltd (and others) and all the collieries, including Chisnall Hall, became the property of the Wigan Coal Corporation.
After nationalisation on 1/1/1947, a major rebuilding of the colliery was authorised by the NCB. New headgear and new screens replaced the fairly ramshackle original structures and a coal washery was added. During the 1950s and early 1960s, well over 1000 men were employed, producing about 250,000 tons per year.
The colliery closed on 24th March 1967, the last in the Wigan area other than small private mines. The washery and railway remained open for about 4 months, washing coal brought from Wood Pit, Haydock.
Landscaping of the very large waste heap and colliery site was very thorough and won awards[by whom?]. Almost no traces of the colliery or its railway survive.