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Sherwood Colliery

Courtesy of Kindly donated by Mrs D J Dernley

Sherwood Colliery
Mansfield Woodhouse
England

The sinking of Sherwood Colliery by the Ellis family from Hucknall in 1902-3 gave the local economy a boost and saw Mansfield Woodhouse expand into a small town. The pit used a horizontal cross compound winder by Fraser & Chalmers and Erith.

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