tarboat's photos with the keyword: rotherham

Car House Colliery along with Aldwarke Main, to which it was connected underground, in Rotherham was ocquired by the Sheffield steelmakers Sir John Brown & Co in 1873. It appears to have been closed soon after flooding claimed the lives of eight miners in 1913 and the 1923 OS map shows much of the site cleared. In spite of being closed for 100 years there are still some buildings surviving from the pit, including this winding enginehouse in the yard of a waste management company.

The pumping enginehouse at Car House Colliery in Rotherham once contained steam plant, but now houses electric equipment. After closure of the colliery the shaft was retained for pumping to protect the workings at Maltby Colliery. Now that Maltby has closed the future of this building must be in doubt.

The Westfield Pit was sunk in 1820 and the Newcomen pumping engine was set to work in 1823 to pump water for nearby Newbiggin Colliery. The shaft still forms a part of the Harworth pumping regime with electric pumps in place.