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Wynnstay Colliery was sunk by the New British Iron Company starting in 1856.By 1896 the ownership lay with Wynnstay Collieries Co. Ltd., Ruabon, and this company erected a 22ft Walker ventilation fan in 1902. Although the colliery closed in 1927 there are extensive remains to be found on the site including the winding enginehouse ( www.ipernity.com/doc/302581/35388203 ), and this building that housed the fan.

Compound steam engine driving the ventilation fan at Sutton Manor Colliery. Walker Brothers at Wigan made this engine and the fan to which it was attached in 1910. The cylinders of the 520hp engine were 23" and 36" diameter. At the time of my visit this engine was on standby only.

The Unstone Coal & Coke Co Ltd sank two collieries in the village of that name during the late 1860s. Both had short lives and were closed in 1884. An exploration of the mineral line that served these collieries, and others, yielded plenty of remains on the ground even after 125 years of abandonment. On the site of Unstone Main Colliery this is the building that housed the ventilating fan. The curving brickwork on the right side is typical of the installation for a Guibal fan and the one located here was 20ft in diameter and 6½ ft wide. Air would have been drawn from the workings via a tunnel conected to the opening in the far wall with the evasee chimney rising up on the left side of the building. Photos of a surviving Guibal fan can be seen here . Drawing of a Guibal Fan here .