Monument record 2609/1/5 - Canal Pit

<1> Shercliff W H, Kitching D A & Ryan J M, 1983, Poynton, A Coalmining Village, p.17 (Monograph). SCH2683.

The pit had been opened by 1847. Higher Canal Pit was sunk to the Accommodation seam at 100 yards, the Lower Pit to the Gees seam at 65 yards, and Accommodation seam at 128 yards. By 1848 the pits had to have water pumped out of them for 6 hours a day. Closed in the 1870s, then briefly reopened.

<2> Ashmore, O, 1982, The Industrial Archaeology of North West England, p.55 (Book). SCH3181.

All that remains are the workings on both sides of the canal, with foundations of the pit head gear and square chimney on the western side.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9483, 1874-1883 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the colliery buildings and shaft adjacent to the canal. An area of spoil lies to the south-west. A short tramway connects the canal to the colliery buildings. Labelled Canal Pit (Coal). On the eastern side of the canal is another area of spoil and an air shaft. A possible tramway embankment leads to the canal adjacent to the colliery buildings.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9483, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

Labelled disused.