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Wath Road, BARNSLEY, S73 0PA

Built 1842-3 for a Cornish beam pumping engine and later converted to a house. The concrete head gear is more modern and dates from its later use as a pumping station - 1920s until about 10 years ago.

This pit was sunk in 1842-3 for Earl Fitzwilliam and included a Cornish beam pumping engine (in this house) and a beam winding engine. The mine closed in 1920 but then became a pumping pit and remained in use until about 10 years ago. The concrete head gear was a later addition for servicing and shaft inspection. The site has been acquired by an enthusiast and there are plans to turn it into a museum.

The remaining structures here include two concrete headframes and three engine houses. The tall building to the left is one of these, and the stone building just visible to the right is a second. This has been extended in brick as a private dwelling, but originally would have housed a beam engine, probably for pumping purposes. The brick building in the middle is the third engine house which appears to have housed a replacement winding engine for the nearer beam engine, working the concrete headframe just visible. This is connected to the old engine house, but at an angle so that there is a straight draw to the pulley from the new engine house.

The engine house was built in the early 1840s, and both the steam engine and some of the stone were acquired secondhand from another pit. In 1934 the concrete headgear was added to the old pumping shaft and the building converted to a house. The site is now owned by the friends of Hemingfield Colliery who opened it on 14th September 2019 as part of the Heritage Open Days scheme. It is normally open two Saturdays a month, from 10am.

The winding engine house in the foreground and the pumping engine house beyond. The site is now owned by the friends of Hemingfield Colliery who opened it on 14th September 2019 as part of the Heritage Open Days scheme. It is normally open two Saturdays a month, from 10am.

Pumping engine house that is now a dwelling. There is another colliery building beyond. I believe there are also views from the canal basin behind.

This is the headgear just visible in Image The visible stonework is the end of the old engine house, and the pulley would have been driven from the brick engine house which is out of sight left.

This is still used as a pumping pit and there are two shafts. There is a beam winder house (left) and a Cornish pumping engine house converted to a dwelling. This is from the public road alongside and taken so as to preserve the privacy of the owner of the converted engine house.

This small winch was installed to allow maintenance and inspection of the pumping shaft that had been serviced by a Cornish engine until c1930. It was obviously motor driven but the motor has since vanished. The shaft has a concrete head gear that replaced the original wooden sheer legs. The sockets for these are still in the ground and one contains the bottom section of the wood. The Cornish engine house is now a dwelling house and has been truncated with a brick extension to one side.