Reminder: Daw Mill Colliery - a brief history of its development
Add to calRokeby Room, Benn Hall, Newbold Road, Rugby CV21 2LN - or online
CWMS members with an interest in the mining industry or in local geology and history have an opportunity to join this lecture hosted by the Warwickshire Area of IMechE and presented by the President of our sister IOM3 local society, the Western Institute of Mining and Minerals.
Wyn Griffith began his career with the National Coal Board in the late 1970s, leaving the UK coal mining industry in 2011 as an Operations Design Engineer responsible for coalface design within UK Coal. His lecture will cover the history and development of Daw Mill Colliery (which lies 8 miles northwest of Coventry), starting at Kingsbury Colliery which was sunk in 1897 and the development of the satellite shaft at Dexter in 1927 and underground connections. By 1955 the Kingsbury Colliery workings had extended by approximately 7 miles and therefore were causing ventilation problems, hence the decision to sink another satellite shaft, 3 miles to the south close to Daw Mill Cottage in the vicinity of Over Whitacre. Daw Mill Colliery commenced with shaft sinking starting in 1957. Daw Mill worked exclusively in the Warwickshire Thick Seam which is an amalgamation of six separate seams that combine to form up to 7 metres of extractable coal. During the late 1990s major underground development work took place to access new working reserves and procure totally new coalface and roadway development equipment in what would become 300’s panel of coalfaces.
The talk will take a brief look at the history of Daw Mill and the modern equipment which was purchased, along with the modern mining methods employed to enable Daw Mill Colliery to become the one of the most productive mines in Europe prior to its sad closure due to an underground fire in 2013.
Agenda
18:00 Refreshments (tea/coffee/biscuits)
18:30 Presentation followed by Q+A
20:00 Close of event (approx.)
To attend in person, please book to give us an idea of the level of interest. To attend online, please book to receive the full MS Teams meeting details (ideally not immediately before/during the event) then they will be sent by email (not with the immediate, automated 'ticket' email). Booking is via the following link: nearyou.imeche.org/near-you/UK/Midland/Warwickshire-Area/events/event-detail?id=24232
