Phil,
The Keope tower on Parker Pit, at Bradford Colliery, dates from the
modernistion/deepening done between 1944 and 1948. It wound 12 ton skips.
A new headgear and electric winder were also installed at the Deep Pit
(Hayes does not date this).
Bradford closed in August 1968.
Sources - Collieries in the Manchester Coalfields, by Geoff Hayes, undated
(c1987?) and NMRS Records
Mike Gill
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