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Mostyn Colliery

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In 1806, two explosions occurred causing the deaths of 36 men. In April 1807 a fire resulted in 26 deaths. Several families lost more than one member in the tragedy. Another explosion on 10 March 1809 caused the deaths of 22 men. The 1807 and 1809 explosions killed 50 men, created 26 widows, and left
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in 1847, it was only a matter of time before the coal and iron companies took advantage, with the railway passing literally within feet of the site. In 1855, sidings were constructed with access to both the colliery and the ironworks, although the colliery had had its own internal horsedrawn system
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in 1879, in no small part due to changes within the ironworks business, however the full circumstances may never be known, as much of the historical record has been lost. The lease to the colliery was sold as a going concern by the liquidator. The O.S Six-inch map of 1881, shows Hanmer Colliery at
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for £70, beginning the colliery's association with what was to become one of North Wales' most influential families. Mostyn began a programme of expansion, and by 1616 there were three pits on the site. By 1619 the colliery was worth in the region of £700 annually to the Mostyns, which suggests a
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Disaster beset the colliery in 1884 when the river broke through and completely overwhelmed the pits. The event inspired a Welsh-language song. The colliery never re-opened, despite a takeover in 1887 by a
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Mostyn Colliery in 1594. Records suggest that by the 17th century Mostyn was possibly the largest colliery on the western seaboard of Britain and probably the most profitable on the
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was opened to produce iron using coal from the colliery in 1802, the company was renamed the 'Mostyn Coal and Iron Company'. It was prosperous from the start.
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In the early years, coal was transported from the colliery by boats which approached the quay at high water but the changing river course meant that a partial
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flew to and fro over all the hollows of the work with a great wind and a continued fire, and, as it went, keeping a mighty great roaring noise on all sides
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as if they had been whipped with rods; some, that had least shelter, were carried fifteen or sixteen yards and beaten against the roof of the coal
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ordered the sinking of three more deep pits. At around this time, it is noted that almost all coal shipped from
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By the 1840s, the approach to the quayside by boat had been improved and was able to take vessels of 300
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site, which would ultimately become one of the last deep coal mines in Wales when it closed in 1996.
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occurred at the colliery in 1673. Sir Roger Mostyn gave an account of an explosion caused by
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wrote that coal mines at Mostyn were established as far back as 1261, during the reign of
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53.31293,-3.25588, and a Copper Works and Ayton Pit where Warwick Chemicals is now.
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at Mostyn Colliery. It was 17 feet (5.2 m) long, eight feet four inches in
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cylinders in the world was manufactured for John Lancaster in November 1848 by
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The average price of coal was documented by Mr Robert Anderson, in his 1839
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From 1872 until 1888 the Mostyn Coal & Iron Co, was owned by
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that moved between 50,000 and 60,000 tons of coal each year.
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What was, at the time, believed to be one of the largest
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known locally as the 'cob' that had the dual purpose of
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was entered into the city records as 'Mostyn coal'. A
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The History of the Parishes of Whiteford and Holywell
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Welsh coal mine active for over 600 years until 1996
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53°19′12″N 3°15′47″W / 53.320°N 3.263°W / 53.320; -3.263
coal mine
Flintshire
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Mostyn
Mostyn
River Dee

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ironworks
pamphlet
tons
embankment
reclaiming land
flood defence
Bychan Embankment

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