| AdminHistory | Thorncliffe Colliery was located 5.5 miles north of Sheffield.
The Parkgate seam was the first to be worked on a large scale there; a sloping drift was started in 1859.
Situated near to the colliery were 153 beehive coke ovens. In 1885 J. H. Worrall, an analytical chemist, carried out research on the gas from the beehive coke ovens at Thorncliffe. From the distillate, he produced an oil with disinfectant properties, later registered as 'Izal' in 1893. Izal was used in the manufacture of soaps.
In 1924 the New Silkstone Drift was driven.
Thorncliffe Colliery was owned by Newton, Chambers and Company Limited until nationalisation in 1947. |
| Description | First aid treatment books, 1934 - 1947 (COAL/NC/1/1)
Accident books, 1927 - 1938 (COAL/NC/1/2)
Wages book, 1918 - 1919 (COAL/NC/1/3)
Admeasurements book, 1873 - 1933 (COAL/NC/1/4)
Canteen Committee minutes, 1935 - 1937 (COAL/NC/1/5)
Notice of accidents, 1907 - 1912 (COAL/NC/1/6)
Safety Committee minutes, 1935 - 1946 (COAL/NC/1/7)
Annual return: notice of explosion or accident, 1875 - 1976 (COAL/NC/1/8) |