Sheepbridge No.1 Colliery

The colliery was sunk in 1857-58 in the works yard of the Sheepbridge Iron and Coal Company (established 1862 and incorporated in 1864) to the Deep Hard seam. The Sitwell Coal was reached at 54 feet and the Deep Hard at 218 feet. This is the pumping enginehouse which appears to have contained a horizontal pumping engine working a shaft in the area just to the right of the building. The 1914 OS map shows the main colliery buildings demolished but the pumping engine house and boiler house remained and may ahve continued in use for a while after winding coal ended. The building is now used for storing builders' materials.