Monument record 2609/1/7 - Anson Pit

Sunk by 1826. Powered by Newcomen atmospheric engine. Worked the Gees seam at 132 yards in 1847, but was running out of coal. Was then used to ventilate Quarry Pit, until 1853, when it was sunk to 199 yards, to the Accomodation seam. The narrow shaft necessitated the construction of a passing place for cages, with iron conductors guiding the cages through it. Compressed air coal cutters introduced in 1922. Closed in 1926. Ventilated by furnaces in Horsepasture, Walker, Venture and Higher Canal Pits (1).

<1> Shercliff W H, Kitching D A & Ryan J M, 1983, Poynton, A Coalmining Village, /17,27-8 (Monograph). SCH2683.

<2> Ashmore, O, 1982, The Industrial Archaeology of North West England, /56 (Book). SCH3181.