4207
Walker Colliery
Walker
54.975084,-1.545086
Anne Pit
Opened:
Closed:
18th c
1920
Entry Created:
3 Sept 2021
Last Updated:
13 Jul 2023
Redeveloped
Condition:
Owners:
Lambert & Co. (1850s), Walker Coal Co. Ltd. (1890s)
Description (or HER record listing)
Walker Colliery Anne Pit. Walker Colliery opened before 1765. Owners were Lambert & Co (1850s), N.G. Lambert & Co and then Walker Coal Company Ltd. By 1862 (the year of a major disaster at Walker Colliery see HER 4206) the Anne shaft had been closed for several years and had only been opened up about a year before when it had been deepened to reach the Low Main Seam. Closed in 1920.
Photograph of Annie Pit. Courtesy of the Alan Yeats Collection.
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