Outwood_Colliery
Outwood Colliery was a coal mine in Outwood, near Stoneclough in the historic county of Lancashire, England. Originally named Clough Side Colliery,[1] it opened in the 1840s and was the largest colliery in the area.[2] It was owned by Thomas Fletcher & Sons, Outwood Collieries, Stoneclough, Manchester.[3] There were two pits. Coal was transported by a tramway to a depot west of Outwood Road, in Radcliffe, and also by tramway through Ringley Wood to the nearby Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. A railway sidings from the nearby East Lancashire Railway Line was located nearby, from the northern end of the colliery. In its heyday the colliery employed over 2000 workers.[4] Outwood Colliery exploited the coal seams of the Manchester Coalfield and was noted for its Trencherbone Coal.[5]
Due to an underground fire[6] which caused the winding gear to collapse into its own shaft,[4] the colliery was closed in 1931.[2][7]