| COLLIERY | BAWKHOUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| LOCATION | Haigh (near Red Rock station and Bawkhouse Farm) | |
| OWNERS (1892) | Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd | |
Shaft
Sunk to Arley Mine at 215 yards.
Pumping
Non-rotative beam pumping engine 40 inches x 7 feet 1½ inches, unequal beam, 5 feet 3 inches stroke in shaft.
Ram pump 15 inches diameter, 4½ strokes per minute, delivering 165 yards to Jolly Mill Sough.
Sough discharged into River Douglas.
Boilers
Three egg end boilers each with separate square section brick chimney. Boilers in brick-built boiler house.
CLOSURE – 3 September 1919
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