Post by spanker on Feb 7, 2012 16:31:05 GMT -5
Don't know if its placed in the right area John but here goes and maybe it was origianally an old drainage sough from the few other coliieries in that area?
If you go to look for the tunnel today, this is what you will see!
The entrance has been fenced off for safety reasons.
The Coal Authority, who are responsible for keeping all mineshafts safe, saw our article below and came to investigate. They put up this temporary fencing, but will make a neat job of it eventually.
To see some amazing photos of why their work is needed, click here.
Original story As you may have read earlier, our Work Party have been scrub bashing at Hollingwood. They have now revealed part of the Hollingwood Common Canal. This was an underground canal that ran for nearly two miles beneath what is now the Hollingwood Estate and Ringwood Hall to Westwood. It was used to bring out coal. It was not connected to the main canal. The coal was trans-shipped from the 21' canal tunnel boats to the full-sized 70' boats on the main canal at a wharf. This was on the old line of the canal before the 1892 cut was built. It is on this new cut that Hollingwood Lock lies.
The 1892 cut is on the left. You can see Hollingwood Lock under Works Road Bridge. The original line went to the right.
The above map is from the Spring 2011 Edition of the Trust's magazine Cuckoo (© Chesterfield Canal Trust).
The trans-shipment wharf was to the top right of the new Lock House.
There are very few traces of the Hollingwood Common Canal on the surface now, but the tunnel is still there. This shows what the Work Party has exposed. It is on the offside bank, on the opposite side of Works Road Bridge (no. 8C) from Hollingwood Lock.
This is all you can see from the towpath.
For further information, see the article below these photos. You can also click here and click here and click here. For the last one you will need to scroll down to Page 138 of the North Derbyshire Collieries Book.
There used to be a line of capped air shafts going right up Private Drive. This is the only one left. It is in the scrub between the bottom of Private Drive and Troughbrook Road.
This shows one of the capped air shafts at the top of Private Drive some years ago. It has since been removed.
Below is an article scanned from the February - March 1991 Edition of the Trust's magazine Cuckoo (© Chesterfield Canal Trust)
If you go to look for the tunnel today, this is what you will see!
The entrance has been fenced off for safety reasons.
The Coal Authority, who are responsible for keeping all mineshafts safe, saw our article below and came to investigate. They put up this temporary fencing, but will make a neat job of it eventually.
To see some amazing photos of why their work is needed, click here.
Original story As you may have read earlier, our Work Party have been scrub bashing at Hollingwood. They have now revealed part of the Hollingwood Common Canal. This was an underground canal that ran for nearly two miles beneath what is now the Hollingwood Estate and Ringwood Hall to Westwood. It was used to bring out coal. It was not connected to the main canal. The coal was trans-shipped from the 21' canal tunnel boats to the full-sized 70' boats on the main canal at a wharf. This was on the old line of the canal before the 1892 cut was built. It is on this new cut that Hollingwood Lock lies.
The 1892 cut is on the left. You can see Hollingwood Lock under Works Road Bridge. The original line went to the right.
The above map is from the Spring 2011 Edition of the Trust's magazine Cuckoo (© Chesterfield Canal Trust).
The trans-shipment wharf was to the top right of the new Lock House.
There are very few traces of the Hollingwood Common Canal on the surface now, but the tunnel is still there. This shows what the Work Party has exposed. It is on the offside bank, on the opposite side of Works Road Bridge (no. 8C) from Hollingwood Lock.
This is all you can see from the towpath.
For further information, see the article below these photos. You can also click here and click here and click here. For the last one you will need to scroll down to Page 138 of the North Derbyshire Collieries Book.
There used to be a line of capped air shafts going right up Private Drive. This is the only one left. It is in the scrub between the bottom of Private Drive and Troughbrook Road.
This shows one of the capped air shafts at the top of Private Drive some years ago. It has since been removed.
Below is an article scanned from the February - March 1991 Edition of the Trust's magazine Cuckoo (© Chesterfield Canal Trust)
