| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 5265 |  | Details | Whitfield Colliery | 1928 |
| Three MS plans mining accidents Whitfield Colliery, Staffordshire, England |
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Whitfield Colliery |
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| 1928 |
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| $265.00 | Whitfield-Colliery | Three-MS-plans-mining-accidents-Whitfield-Colliery--Staffordshire--England | Lot containing three manuscript plans related to mining accidents at the Chatterley Whitfield colliery (coal mine) in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The three accidents took place over a period of eight years, attesting to the danger of coal mining.
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<li>Plan shewing scene of accident to Charles Stubbs on Newtons No. 3 north conveyor face institute pit 29th Oct. 1935. [MS plan on paper at a scale of 1/4" = 1 foot]</li>
<li>Plan showing scene of accident to Joseph Howell on No. 5 Bowling Alley Level, Holly Lane dip in the middle pit. 8/1/37 [MS plan of tracing cloth. Scale 1/4" = one foot]</li>
<li>Plan shewing scene of accident to Richard Harper in the No. 3 south ten feet, hard mine dip, middle pit on 27-3-29. [MS plan of tracing cloth. Scale 1/4" = one foot] </li>
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The Chatterley Whitfield colliery was the largest mine working the North Staffordshire coalfield and was the first colliery in the UK to produce 1,000,000 tons of saleable coal in a year (1938). In 2019, the colliery was named on the Victorian Society's list of the top ten most endangered buildings in England and Wales. |