| Haig Colliery Whitehaven |
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| Haig Colliery No 5 Coal winding shaft, and No 4 manriding shaft (rear). |
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| Haig No 5 Shaft. |
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| Haig No 4 Shaft. |
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| Haig No 5 winding engine |
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| Haig Colliery Whitehaven opened in 1914 and closed in 1985. No 4 shaft 18 feet in diameter and No 5 shaft 21 feet in diameter were sunk to 1200 feet. Disasters: 06/09/1922 39 killed. 13/12/1927 4 killed. 12/02/1928 13 killed. 29/01/1931 27 killed. For more on these disasters visit the Haig Colliery Mining Museum website. |