Brandy Bottom Colliery - Cornish engine house
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Brandy Bottom Colliery - Cornish engine house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 10 Sep 2022
This Scheduled Ancient Monument is on the South Gloucestershire Coalfield in the parish of Pucklechurch. The first pits on site date back to around 1837 although the name Brandy Bottom is first noted in 1856. A new pit was sunk in 1871 and is separated from the complex of buildings represented by this engine house. Coal drawing at Brandy Bottom ceased before WWI and the pit was then used to ventilate another nearby mine. All operations ceased in 1936. This large building housed a non-rotative 'Cornish' beam pumping engine. When the pit's machinery was auctioned in 1900 the pumping engine was described as a 60" Cornish engine, 8' stroke with three lifts of pumps totalling 260 yards. This view was from the heapstead. The engine house's bob wall is closest to the camera and the rear wall shows the sockets for the spring beams. Seen on an excellent tour on Heritage Open Day.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.492215
Longitude
-2.459142