This book has just been brought to my attention - published by SGMRG
cost £15.00 +P&P
The History and Archaeology of the Steam Engines of the Coalpit Heath
Author Steve Grudgings, SB, A4, over 70 B&W photos (also on both covers)
and lots of diagrams, plans etc and copies of letters.
This book tells the story of the engines and the men that drove and
maintained them. It sets out to tell the technical, social, historical and
archaeological stories of the stationary engines used by the Coalpit Heath
Collliery Company between 1800 and 1949.
Chapter headings – Frog Lane Colliery, May’s Hill Colliery, Nibley
Colliery, Ram Hill Colliery, Engines at other CHCC Pits, Bitterwells Famous
Water Tank, The Industrial Archaeology of the Steam Engine, some personal
views and related observations. Appendices cover the work of George
Watkins, Acraman, T&E Bush and J&D Leigh.
The book draws on a wide range of archival sources, including oral
histories, maps and images collated by the author over a number of years.
It is hoped that this account provides the reader with an interesting
insight into the engines themselves and their operational context.
Available from
http://www.moorebooks.co.uk/The-History-and-Archaeology-of-the-Steam-Engines-of-the-Coalpit-Heath-Colliery-Company.html
and all the usual outlets
Mike
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