Colliery Lines

Coventry Colliery: misc_cc019

Peckett 0-6-0ST Class OX1 'Coventry No 4' is seen whilst out of steam stabled outside of the Colliery's shed on 1st March 1959. Delivered new to the Colliery in 1927, this locomotive class was fitted with a spark arrestor to the chimney due to the steep gradients on the branch line to Three Spires Junction. When working hard the small embers from the firebox would otherwise be whipped up the chimney to set of lineside fires, an unacceptable hazard with nearby housing which grew significantly in the inter-war years. Coventry Colliery had been said to be one of the most modern in the country with new houses being built for the miners. By the standards of the time they were good homes with inside toilets, an unusual facility for working class housing of that era.

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