Dinnington Main Colliery
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Dinnington Main Colliery was a coal mine situated in the village of Dinnington
, near Rotherham
, South Yorkshire
.
Until the coming of the colliery Dinnington was a mainly agricultural village with a small amount of quarrying in the area.
In 1899 preparations were being made by the Sheffield Coal Company
to sink a new colliery at Dinnington. The company did not have the resources to complete the work and entered into a partnership with the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co and this joint company, the Dinnington Main Colliery Company, came into being in 1900. The colliery commenced sinking in 1902 and reached the Barnsley seam of coal in the summer of 1904. The first coal was drawn to the surface the following year which is also when the mine gained its second shaft.
By the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947 the colliery was in the hands of Amalgamated Denaby Collieries, based at Denaby Main
, near Doncaster and became part of the National Coal Board
.
The colliery was closed in 1992
Rail connection was eventually made by the South Yorkshire Joint Railway
, a five way joint line with connections to ports and towns in the area and beyond.
Dinnington
Dinnington is a town in rural South Yorkshire, England, and part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. It is roughly equidistant from Sheffield, Rotherham and Worksop, and is located at an elevation of about 100 metres above sea level....
, near Rotherham
Rotherham
Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, at its confluence with the River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Rotherham, at from Sheffield City Centre, is surrounded by several smaller settlements, which together form the wider Metropolitan Borough of...
, South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
.
Until the coming of the colliery Dinnington was a mainly agricultural village with a small amount of quarrying in the area.
In 1899 preparations were being made by the Sheffield Coal Company
Sheffield Coal Company
The Sheffield Coal Company was a colliery owning and coal selling company with its head office situated in South Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.- Formation :...
to sink a new colliery at Dinnington. The company did not have the resources to complete the work and entered into a partnership with the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co and this joint company, the Dinnington Main Colliery Company, came into being in 1900. The colliery commenced sinking in 1902 and reached the Barnsley seam of coal in the summer of 1904. The first coal was drawn to the surface the following year which is also when the mine gained its second shaft.
By the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947 the colliery was in the hands of Amalgamated Denaby Collieries, based at Denaby Main
Denaby Main Colliery Village
Denaby Main is a village situated between Mexborough and Conisbrough in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It was built by the Denaby Main Colliery Company to house its workers and their families, and originally given the name Denaby Main Colliery Village, to...
, near Doncaster and became part of the National Coal Board
National Coal Board
The National Coal Board was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the mines on "vesting day", 1 January 1947...
.
The colliery was closed in 1992
Rail connection was eventually made by the South Yorkshire Joint Railway
South Yorkshire Joint Railway
South Yorkshire Joint Railway was a committee formed in 1903, between the Great Central Railway , the Great Northern Railway , the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , the Midland Railway and the North Eastern Railway to oversee the construction of a new railway in the Doncaster area of South...
, a five way joint line with connections to ports and towns in the area and beyond.