Report - Chatterley Whitfield Colliery / Mining Museum - 2018

[LeaveNoStonedUnturned]

Incredible report, great photos, but best of all is the Alan Partridge reference.
Solid effort!

 

[DCMadx]

Is there a more detailed pic of the Walker Horizontal Reciprocating Steam Compressor Engine? My Grandad Bruce restored it and there was a rememberance plaque put up on the side of it for him. Would love a detailed photo of it. In fact I’d love to get in there and see it with my kids, but I’m slowly losing hope that the building will be reopened. Sad to see it rushing away like that after they did such an amazing job of the restoration. Last time I saw it I was 9. I’m now 35!

 

[Paulxsplore]

Is there a more detailed pic of the Walker Horizontal Reciprocating Steam Compressor Engine? My Grandad Bruce restored it and there was a rememberance plaque put up on the side of it for him. Would love a detailed photo of it. In fact I’d love to get in there and see it with my kids, but I’m slowly losing hope that the building will be reopened. Sad to see it rushing away like that after they did such an amazing job of the restoration. Last time I saw it I was 9. I’m now 35!

 

[Calamity Jane]

Again an example of how we help, and remember for others. I did a report and the photos used at a funeral. Well done for posting that plague

 

[Paulxsplore]

Again an example of how we help, and remember for others. I did a report and the photos used at a funeral. Well done for posting that plague

No probs... What report photos was used at a funeral..

 

[Calamity Jane]

No probs... What report photos was used at a funeral..

An old farm, with a house dated 1800s built completely of wood. The farm had a pretty nice garden, pond, well etc. The pmer said they had looked for photos of the place and could she use them. Another poster said her grandad also worked there and they wanted to show him, as he would love it.

 

[Yvette]

Institute Winding House
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The Institute Winding House was installed in 1966 and was fitted with a single 270 horsepower electric drum winder. The system had one cage functioning as an upcast.

Window control cabin

General view of the winding house

The winding drum

"Code of Shaft Signals" signage dated 1967


Lamp House​

The lamp house was added in 1922, after the older lamp house was deemed too small owing to an increase in manpower and the introduction of electric lamps.

General view of the lamp house

The few remaining lamp charging stations

Lamps and battery packs

Old sign and decaying rooms in the lamp house

Part of the lamp house had been converted into the ticket office when the colliery was a museum

Inside the museum shop

Poster on the shop counter

Map of the mine workings

This mural was at the start of the museum tour as part of an exhibition explaining "how coal was formed". I'm not sure why they used images of how coal was used to illustrate it!

And a couple more to finish off with.......

Chatterley Whitfield Wagons with the colliery behind

Clockwise from top left: Hesketh power house, Hesketh Headgear, Platt winding house and Headgear, Institute Headgear and winding house, chimney, boiler house, Lamp House, Locomotive shed, and the Walker fan drift in the centre.​