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:
Moated site at Arley Hall, Haigh near WiganRound cairn on Noon HillRound cairn on Winter HillThe Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David's ChurchBretters Farm moated site and two fishpondsHaigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park HouseHeadless Cross, GrimefordGidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington HallRound cairn 280m west of Old Harpers FarmMabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School buildingPike Stones chambered long cairn.
