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Pelton Colliery
Pelton
54.855346, -1.629222
Tribley Pit
Opened:
Closed:
1900s
1923
Entry Created:
11 May 2023
Last Updated:
11 May 2023
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
Pelton Colliery Ltd. (1900s)
Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - The Tribley Pit was located on the Hett Hills and owned by Pelton Colliery Ltd, which operated slightly north of here. It was a fairly small working unconnected by the mainline, but was linked by tramway to the main Pelton Colliery complex. The tramway ran through a tunnel underneath main line at the Het Hill public house.
The pit can be seen on a postcard from 1913, featuring the winding gear and a number of ancillary buildings. It closed in 1923 having only operated for a couple of decades. At its peak in 1915, 232 people worked here.
Ordnance Survey, 1921
Tribley Pit in 1913. It appears the camera is facing south east towards Tribley.
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