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'''To Bristol''': [[Radstock West]]<br> | '''To Bristol''': [[Radstock West]]<br> | ||
'''To Frome''': [[Somerset Quarry Siding]] | '''To Frome''': [[Somerset Quarry Siding]] | ||
| + | == History == | ||
| + | Sunk in [[1874]], the main shaft eventually reaching a depth of 1,560ft. Closed in [[1973]]. | ||
== 1960s == | == 1960s == | ||
| + | All from [[1967]] and [[1968]]. | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| − | + | Image:Kilmersdon Incline1.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | |
| + | Image:Kilmersdon Incline2.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | ||
| + | Image:Kilmersdon Incline3.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | ||
| + | Image:Kilmersdon Incline4.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | ||
| + | Image:Kilmersdon Colliery1.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | ||
| + | Image:Kilmersdon Colliery2.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | ||
| + | Image:Kilmersdon Colliery3.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | ||
| + | Image:Kilmersdon Colliery4.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | ||
| + | Image:Kilmersdon Colliery5.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | ||
| + | Image:Kilmersdon Colliery6.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | ||
| + | Image:Kilmersdon Colliery7.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | ||
| + | Image:Kilmersdon Colliery8.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | ||
| + | Image:Kilmersdon Colliery9.jpg|''© [[:Category:Robin Summerhill|Robin Summerhill]]'' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Category:Collieries]] | [[Category:Collieries]] | ||
[[Category:Robin Summerhill]] | [[Category:Robin Summerhill]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:33, 23 February 2010
<googlemap lat="51.279582" lon="-2.443342"> 51.287796, -2.441239, Triangular Junction 51.285366, -2.43852, Triangular Junction 51.284521, -2.444115, Colliery Incline 51.282964, -2.44802, Site of colliery 51.281447, -2.45869, Site of tip. </googlemap>
To Bristol: Radstock West
To Frome: Somerset Quarry Siding
History
Sunk in 1874, the main shaft eventually reaching a depth of 1,560ft. Closed in 1973.
