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  • Middle Pit Managers House, SuperFairy (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    Not true. One of the buildings in the now former Mirage Inks site is also part of what was Middle Pit and still remains.
  • Site of Ludlows Colliery (Disused), John Gibson (guest) wrote 10 years ago:
    The reference to the Old Welton shaft being used for ventilation / escape route for Ludlows Colliery is wholly erroneous. It was not connected to Ludlows, as the Clandown Fault - which ran North / South to the east of Old Welton was deliberately not breached....to ensure that the extensive but long abandoned workings of the Radstock series from Wellsway Colliery did not lead to a massive ingress of water into the Farrington Series being worked by Norton Hill Colliery right up to its closure in 1966. However, an interesting twist is that the Old Welton Shaft - used by Norton Hill Colliery for an escape route for that substantial & latter part of its workings - was deemed unsafe for that purpose. To overcome this potential threat, and provide an essential substitute, a very steep incline was driven from Old Welton to the Upper Landing at Norton Hill Colliery.... rising at 0.7/1 yard for some 95 yards.(The upper landing was on the level of the main roadway between Norton Hill Old Pit and the (main) Norton Hill Colliery later sunk at the turn of the 20th C. (ie at a depth of some 300 yds). This information was clarified / confirmed in a discussion with Ray Ashman - Mining Surveyor - in February, 2016.
  • Site of Ludlows Colliery (Disused), Curious (guest) wrote 11 years ago:
    Does anyone know why it was called Ludlows Colliery?
  • Former Co-op Furniture Store, tonye100 wrote 11 years ago:
    Now being demolished to enable yet more housing
  • The Fir Tree Inn, tonye100 wrote 12 years ago:
    Now closed and for sale
  • Site of Ludlows Colliery (Disused), Broomwicks wrote 13 years ago:
    Correct. I am no advocate of article ownership, but bad edits and vandalism I do not tolerate. WM works best when people work together to provide a comprehensive resource.
  • Site of Ludlows Colliery (Disused), ZacharyKent wrote 13 years ago:
    Those who think that they own articles here on Wikimapia, should reread the terms of reference: http://wikimapia.org/terms_reference.html
  • Site of Ludlows Colliery (Disused), Broomwicks wrote 13 years ago:
    I'm not able to add proection, but I do keep the Somerset Coalfield on a watchlist which I check regularly. Any vandalism won't get past me.
  • Site of Ludlows Colliery (Disused), 20XXX wrote 13 years ago:
    Please 'seal' the above so that it cannot be undermined.
  • Site of Middle Pit Colliery (Disused), 20XXX wrote 14 years ago:
    Please permanently add these notes
  • Site of Frome Hill Coal Depot (Disused), ja_gibsontiscali.co.uk (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    Generally known as 'Mount Pleasant' - a name which fortunately still lives on, as it has been adopted by the newer homes nearby. It was linked to Ludlows Pit by a 'dramway' which crossed Frome Hill on the level and then closely followed the alignment of 'new' Frome Hill just to its north as far as the curve, when the dramway route ran behind the much later houses opposite the Fromeway PH. After it had ended its life as a Coal Landsale Depot, it became an iron foundry owned and run by Messrs Evans of Paulton Foundry fot many decades, and was still operating until recent times (1960s?) before being re-developed as a small housing estate. (I vividly recall it operating as a foundry, when the repair / manufacture of 'muck spreaders' seemed to be something of a speciality !!!!) John