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the mining and coking operations were split, the coal processing and chemicals interests stayed with United Steel
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Just over a mile east in the Rother Valley below the village of Fence a colliery was commenced in 1842. This colliery was bought and the Fence
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Rothervale Collieries locomotives could be found working at Orgreave, Treeton and Thurcroft Collieries and were transferred as necessary. All the locomotives listed below, except those shown as being scrapped or being owned by United Coke and Chemicals, became the property of the
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flooded and washed away parts of the three bridges which crossed it. All traffic was severed and a replacement bus service was introduced in place of the Paddy mail which never returned.
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A further 741 acres (300 ha) is now being developed to form the new
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Norfolk, Andrew (16 March 2004). "Leeds leads the way forward".
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