Apedale
colliery, the Burley pit (c. 1850-1926) in early 1900’s. This
photograph shows the bridge carrying the tub-way from the Watermills
colliery to the Burley screens. There is a tub on it. The railway line
on the left is the line through Miry Wood to Podmore Hall and the Minnie
pit. From the mixed collection of dumb-buffer and spring-buffer wagons
standing in the screen roads, this photograph could date from the early
1900’s. |