Pleasley Colliery from the south 1904 - 1919 (FoPP)
1900s
- New headstocks installed at both pits.
- South pit upgraded to full coal winding.
- South screens renewed.
- North winder replaced.
- North pit cages upgraded.
1910s
- Turbine DC generators installed.
- Larger ventilation fans installed.
- Large capacity water softener installed.
- South pit deepening work started.
1920s
- South pit deepening and ventilation drift completed.
- South winding and decking arrangements upgraded.
- Steam generation plant reconstruction completed.
- Deep Hard pit bottom construction completed.
- Roadway drivage to ventilation drift completed.
- Roadway drivage and face headings completed.
- Deep Hard production commences.
- Large turbine AC generator installed.
- Main ventilation fan electrified
- New North screens with washery plant constructed
- New South screens constructed
- Deep Hard production suspended.
1930s
- Spoil-heap aerial-ropeway constructed on north side of the Midland Railway cutting.
- Development of Dunsil seam commences
- Simon-Carves Baum washer plant constructed to SW of pit-top.
- Railway shunting and weighbridge arrangement reconfigured
1940s
- Production now under way in Dunsil seam.
- Development of 1st Waterloo seam commences
- Top Hard production faces now more than 2 miles from pit bottom.
Colliery | Development > 1900 - 1945
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