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Bersham Colliery History The site was originally known as Glanrafon Colliery and sinking was started in 1864 by
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Document Date: 2008-07-06 20:00:00


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British Coal Corporation / Messrs Barnes & Co / Crompton / Lincoln / Liverpool Corporation / Plas Power Colliery Company / Quaker Coal / Bersham Colliery Trust / Bersham Coal Company / Broughton & Plaspower Coal Co Ltd / Shropshire Mines Trust / Lancashire Steel Corporation Ltd / Plas Power Company / Bersham Colliery Company Limited / Peckett and Sons / Corlett Electrical Engineering Company / /

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Man-Made Disaster / M&A / Name Change / Force Majeure / /

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Irlam steelworks / ft. square / Ely Refinery / Brymbo Steelworks / John Summers Steelworks / Erddig Hall / /

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steel wire / plough steel / machinery / perforated steel plates / large mining artifacts / steel girder headgear / metal / electricity / steel headframe existing / black metal / mining / /

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Central Electricity Generating Board / Industrial Railway Society / Merseyside & North Wales Electricity Board / Red Rose Steam Society / National Coal Board / Wrexham County Borough Council / Rhostyllen Church / /

Person

JAMES HALL / Andrew Barclay / Alfred Shaw / Pattison / Nigel Chapman Situated / Preston Docks / /

Position

pit head / Queen / manager / gas / miner / Walker / manager / engineer / contractor / managing director / shaft head / general economic circumstances / /

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North Wales / /

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