Technical | Steam-plant | Boiler-houses > West Side
Section under construction
The West side boilers do not seem to have played a major role during the life of the colliery. Neither they or the west chimney are shown on the 1875 1 : 2540 scale map. They are shown on the 1899 map with 4 on either side of the chimney. By 1916 only the 4 to the SW of the chimney remain and by 1938 these have gone as well.
When the South engine-house was enlarged in 1922, the 4 SW boilers and their rear flue were removed, but it is just possible that traces of the NW boiler flue-way may still be present under the debris alongside the North engine-house wall.
The engine-house wall at the rear of the SW boiler-house.
The engine-house wall at the rear of the NW boiler-house. There are a number of corbel stones projecting from the wall at about boiler top level but it’s not known what they supported
Copyright © 2023 J.S. Thatcher
Page updated on:
11 Nov, 2023
at
05:24:42 PM
In case of problems contact: