| COLLIERY | BLAGUEGATE (ARLEY) | ||||
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| LOCATION | Skelmersdale – approx. ¾ mile N.E. of Skelmersdale station on L&YR Ormskirk – Rainford Jct. line. | ||||
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Shafts – Two shafts
Winding – Horizontal winding engines, wooden headgears.
Ventilation – Originally furnace.
1900, Walker Indestructible fan supplied to Earl of Lathom. 12 feet diameter x 5 feet wide, fan pulley 5 feet diameter 4 – 15/8 inch ropes. Cross-coupled pair of horizontal engines 15 inches x 30 inches, Meyer cut-off slide valves, horizontal condenser. Steam pressure 45psi.
Boilers – Possibly egg-enders in 1900.
Power (1931) – Steam and compressed air.
Seams Worked (1931) – King Park, Rushy Park, Yard, Earthy.
Workforce – U/G 550, S/F 117 CLOSURE – February 1933, Abandoned November 1934.
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