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New page: '''To Bristol or Bath''': Shortwood Brickworks <br>'''To Yate''':Coxgrove Hill == History == One of the oldest collieries in the area, this pit was originally known as Brandy Bott...
 
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'''To Bristol or Bath''': [[Shortwood Brickworks]]
'''To Sharpness''': [[A Footpath (1)]]
<br>'''To Yate''':[[Coxgrove Hill]]
<br>'''To Berkeley Road''': [[Berkeley Loop Junction]]


== History ==
== History ==
One of the oldest collieries in the area, this pit was originally known as Brandy Bottom Pit, before becoming known as Parkfield South Colliery. By 1899, and as Parkfield Colliery (which was to the north) expanded, all coal was extracted from the northern pithead while Brandy Bottom was retained only for pumping and ventilation. The pit finally closed in 1936.
1m 40½ chn SAW


== 1990s Gallery ==
== 2.7.05 ==
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Image:Brandy Bottom Colliery1.jpg|The view north along the remains of the Midland Railway route. ''&copy; Clive Moore''
Image:Ironmongers Lane1.jpg|The bridge at '''Ironmongers Lane'''. This is looking north with [[Sharpness]] to the left and the [[Berkeley Road]] to the right.
Image:Brandy Bottom Colliery2.jpg|The chimney of Brandy Bottom Colliery ''&copy; Clive Moore''
Image:Ironmongers Lane2.jpg|The bridge viewed from the other side. It has been reduced from a double to a single track span.
Image:Brandy Bottom Colliery3.jpg|The remains of an old winding wheel has been placed alongside the cyclepath. ''&copy; Clive Moore''
Image:Ironmongers Lane3.jpg|There's a drainage culvert just to the left of this side of the bridge.
</gallery>
</gallery>


== 2005 Gallery ==
[[Category:Gloucester:Bridges]]
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[[Category:S&WR]]
Image:Brandy Bottom1.jpg|The 2005 view north.
Image:Brandy Bottom2.jpg|The octagonal top of the chimney.
Image:Brandy Bottom3.jpg|The remains of the horizontal engine house.
Image:Brandy Bottom4.jpg|The remains of an old Cornish engine house.
Image:Brandy Bottom5.jpg|
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[[Category:Clive Moore]]
[[Category:MR]]

Latest revision as of 19:55, 12 April 2026

To Sharpness: A Footpath (1)
To Berkeley Road: Berkeley Loop Junction

History

1m 40½ chn SAW

2.7.05

  • The bridge at Ironmongers Lane. This is looking north with Sharpness to the left and the Berkeley Road to the right.
    The bridge at Ironmongers Lane. This is looking north with Sharpness to the left and the Berkeley Road to the right.
  • The bridge viewed from the other side. It has been reduced from a double to a single track span.
    The bridge viewed from the other side. It has been reduced from a double to a single track span.
  • There's a drainage culvert just to the left of this side of the bridge.
    There's a drainage culvert just to the left of this side of the bridge.
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