Redacre Pit

One of the more interesting survivals of our local collieries is this Newcomen enginehouse that pumped the Redacre Pit in Lyme Handley. It may well have been erected here before 1800, but it was certainly still in use in 1830. The building has had some of its height reduced in the intervening years, but the site of the boiler chimney can be seen on the corner of the structrue. The back wall also shows the blocked up entrance through which the cylinder would have been brought. The shaft was outside the other end of the building