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Hemingfield or Elsecar Low Colliery was sunk circa 1842-3 for Earl Fitzwilliam to work the Barnsley Bed Coal Seam at a depth of about 117 yards. By 1846 production had reached some 1000 tons per day. After the mine finally closed for winding coal in 1920 one of the shafts continued to be used as a water pumping station. Since then the original headgears have been replaced by concrete structures. This is the headgear on the upcast shaft.

Bob platform and end of the beam on the Elsecar pumping engine of 1795. This is the only Newcomen engine in the world that survives in its original enginehouse. It was subject to a major conservation project which was completed in 2014 and the engine can now be seen moving using hydraulic drive. The cylinder base was badly cracked after the engine was run in the 1950s with steam of too high a pressure and significant quantities of water in the bottom of the cylinder.

Hemingfield or Elsecar Low Colliery was sunk circa 1842-3 for Earl Fitzwilliam to work the Barnsley Bed Coal Seam at a depth of about 117 yards. By 1846 production had reached some 1000 tons per day. After the mine finally closed for winding coal in 1920 one of the shafts continued to be used as a water pumping station. Since then the original headgears have been replaced by concrete structures. This is the headgear on the upcast shaft.

Hemingfield or Elsecar Low Colliery was sunk circa 1842-3 for Earl Fitzwilliam to work the Barnsley Bed Coal Seam at a depth of about 117 yards. By 1846 production had reached some 1000 tons per day. After the mine finally closed for winding coal in 1920 one of the shafts continued to be used as a water pumping station. Since then the original headgears have been replaced by concrete structures and the Cornish engine house was converted to a dwelling. This view was taken in late 1994 and since then the growth of trees has obscured much of what could be seen from this side. The buildings do, however, survive today.

This small concrete headframe stands over a pumping shaft adjacent to the Elsecar pumping enginehouse.

Valve gear on the ground floor of the Elsecar pumping engine. This is the only Newcomen engine that survives in its original enginehouse.