Haven't come across Liddell before but in looking into W Fairley (mine
engineer) I came across the several references to G C Greenwell. How well
they knew each other I do not know but it is clear Fairley worked in the
Radstock area pits he was involved with include Vobster. In his Glossary of
terms he includes two sections by Greenwell showing Tyning Pit and Wellsway
Pit in Radstock Somerset which were part of Greenwell’s paper to the North
of England Institute of Mining Engineers.
I would be interested in knowing more about who Greenwell was.
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From: "Keith Ramsey" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 7:52 PM
Subject: [MINING-HISTORY] Matthew Liddell & Robert Simpson
> Does anyone know anything about Liddell and Simpson?
>
> Liddell, of Benton Grange (exact location unknown), seems to have been
some
> kind of consultant colliery engineer. In 1853 he helped to recruit Simpson
> as manager of the Countess Waldegrave's pits at Radstock in Somerset, and
> when Simpson became ill soon after his appointment he recruited George
> Clementson Greenwell as his replacement.
>
> Simpson pleaded ill health within a few months of taking up the job at
> Radstock and decided to return to Newcastle. He had, however, received an
> offer of a better job and his employers seem to have thought that that was
> the real reason for his departure. They insisted that he stay on until a
new
> manager was found, although he claimed that he was in such poor health
that
> this would put his life in danger. Does anyone know what became of him?
>
> Keith Ramsey
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