An old coal shaft at Victoria Main Colliery by munki-boy
Victoria Main Colliery
An old colliery or coal mine that closed around the turn of the 20th Century.
Around the mid-19th Century, Victoria Colliery worked at least two coal shafts, and buildings on site include offices engines and boilers. An air shaft for ventilation also existed towards Colliery Bridge (now Ridgeway bridge) which crosses the rail tracks to the north of the site.
Created: 8 August 2023 Edited: 29 November 2023
View to the other old shaft at Victoria Main Colliery
Old stone walls at Victoria Main Colliery
Engine Mount Blocks at Victoria Main Colliery
Colliery Bridge (now Ridgeway Bridge) at Victoria Main Colliery
NCB Cap on one of the shafts at Victoria Main Colliery
Old Map of Victoria Main Colliery (1849)
Victoria Main Colliery
Victoria Main Colliery LiDAR Map
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Local History around Victoria Main Colliery
There are some historic monuments around including:
Pike Stones chambered long cairnRound cairn 280m west of Old Harpers FarmHeadless Cross, GrimefordHaigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park HouseThe Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David's ChurchRound cairn on Winter HillGidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington HallBretters Farm moated site and two fishpondsMabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School buildingRound cairn on Noon HillMoated site at Arley Hall, Haigh near Wigan.
