Springwell Colliery
Springwell Colliery
Name: Springwell Colliery
Opened: 17 Jan 1826
Closed: Jun 1932
Pits: A Pit
B Pit
Owners: 1824 - Lord Ravensworth & Partners
1850s - John Bowes & Co.
(Messrs. Bowes, Hutt, Wood, & Charles M. Palmer)
1860s - Marley Hill Coal Co.
1880s - John Bowes & Partners Ltd.
Output: Coal
Max No of Workers: 1678 in 1914
"Springwell Colliery is also the property of John Bowes & Partners, working the Main Coal at a depth of 94 fathoms, with a thickness of 3 feet 4 inches ; the Maudlin, 105 fathoms, 5 feet 6 inches ; Low Main, 155 fathoms, 3 feet ; and the Hutton, 125 fathoms, worked out. There are about 700 men employed, and the output has reached 1000 tons."
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
Opened: 17 Jan 1826
Closed: Jun 1932
Pits: A Pit
B Pit
Owners: 1824 - Lord Ravensworth & Partners
1850s - John Bowes & Co.
(Messrs. Bowes, Hutt, Wood, & Charles M. Palmer)
1860s - Marley Hill Coal Co.
1880s - John Bowes & Partners Ltd.
Output: Coal
Max No of Workers: 1678 in 1914
"Springwell Colliery is also the property of John Bowes & Partners, working the Main Coal at a depth of 94 fathoms, with a thickness of 3 feet 4 inches ; the Maudlin, 105 fathoms, 5 feet 6 inches ; Low Main, 155 fathoms, 3 feet ; and the Hutton, 125 fathoms, worked out. There are about 700 men employed, and the output has reached 1000 tons."
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
Springwell colliery is now the site of the Bowes Railway Museum. www.bowesrailway.co.uk
Springwell Colliery - The aerial photo shows the pit for the return wheel at the top of the self-acting incline on the Bowes Railway. Loaded waggon sets descending the incline hauled empty waggons up to Springwell. Only three rails were needed, with the centre rail used by both up and down trains. At the halfway point the centre rail divided so that trains could pass each other. A brakesman controlled the speed of the return wheel from the signal box. With a mile of steel rope running on cast-iron rollers, the noise could be heard from a distance.
At night a burning coal brazier was the "headlight" when the train crossed Leam Lane.
Microsoft Virtual Earth - Birds Eye View of Springwell Colliery.
Springwell Colliery - The aerial photo shows the pit for the return wheel at the top of the self-acting incline on the Bowes Railway. Loaded waggon sets descending the incline hauled empty waggons up to Springwell. Only three rails were needed, with the centre rail used by both up and down trains. At the halfway point the centre rail divided so that trains could pass each other. A brakesman controlled the speed of the return wheel from the signal box. With a mile of steel rope running on cast-iron rollers, the noise could be heard from a distance.
At night a burning coal brazier was the "headlight" when the train crossed Leam Lane.
Microsoft Virtual Earth - Birds Eye View of Springwell Colliery.