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Thanks, Naughty Mitten, that’s somewhere I’ll try to find some time.
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Published on 17 Jan 2021
In this video we take a look at one of England’s lesser know ancient monuments. This is the Great Haigh Sough. A mine adit built in the 17th Century, it’s a brilliant piece of mining engineering. It was built to drain the Lancashire Coal mines around the Wigan area. It's basically an abandoned tunnel discovered through urbex and using old maps. It's a tunnel drain that ran for 1120 yards. The mine water ran into it and was eventually deposited in the Yellow Brook near to the River Douglas. Coal mining was affected by water ingress and this water caused massive problems in mines.
Which leads us onto the second part of our video. A Victorian structure and a piece of Victorian mining engineering, The Aspull pumping station or Aspull pumping pit was built in 1871 and closed in 1932. It also pumped out the mines of the Lancashire coalfields in the Wigan area. It was a steam driven mine pump that utilised 5 lancashire boilers. Eventually the mine pumps were electrically driven. This video is about coal mining engineering industrial history and the history of mining and one of England’s scheduled ancient monuments.
In this video we take a look at one of England’s lesser know ancient monuments. This is the Great Haigh Sough. A mine adit built in the 17th Century, it’s a brilliant piece of mining engineering. It was built to drain the Lancashire Coal mines around the Wigan area. It's basically an abandoned tunnel discovered through urbex and using old maps. It's a tunnel drain that ran for 1120 yards. The mine water ran into it and was eventually deposited in the Yellow Brook near to the River Douglas. Coal mining was affected by water ingress and this water caused massive problems in mines.
Which leads us onto the second part of our video. A Victorian structure and a piece of Victorian mining engineering, The Aspull pumping station or Aspull pumping pit was built in 1871 and closed in 1932. It also pumped out the mines of the Lancashire coalfields in the Wigan area. It was a steam driven mine pump that utilised 5 lancashire boilers. Eventually the mine pumps were electrically driven. This video is about coal mining engineering industrial history and the history of mining and one of England’s scheduled ancient monuments.
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jo anne wrote: ..... It was built to drain the Lancashire Coal mines around the Wigan area. It's basically an abandoned tunnel discovered through urbex and using old maps.
..... It also pumped out the mines of the Lancashire coalfields in the Wigan area.
Not correct.
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How is it wrong, Ticsmon? I haven’t looked into it, but just posted the info given beneath the YouTube video.
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jo anne wrote:How is it wrong, Ticsmon? I haven’t looked into it, but just posted the info given beneath the YouTube video.
The ingenuity behind these things is to be admired. Making silly comments about them is simply childlike.
It was built to drain any coalmines in Haigh, east of the Haigh Fault. It couldn't possibly "pump the mines of the Lancashire coalfields in the Wigan area". That's ridiculous talk.
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Thanks, Ticsmon, I take your point.
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I found that really interesting thanks.
I did wince each time he mispronounced Haigh and Bradshaigh though lol.
I did wince each time he mispronounced Haigh and Bradshaigh though lol.
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Thanks Naughty Mitten Enjoyed that.
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Great video thanks i agree with oy about Haigh
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-OY- wrote:I found that really interesting thanks.
I did wince each time he mispronounced Haigh and Bradshaigh though lol.
Me too, hence I put him right in the comments... politely of course.
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Update and Cadfael gets his point over, the first 5 mins
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Thanks, Naughty Mitten
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