Harrington No 10
Location type
MineName and dates
Harrington No 10 (1880-1968)Served by the Harrington and Lowca Light Railway.
Description
This was a large colliery at Lowca perched above the sea. The colliery dates from the 1860s but was re-sunk and redeveloped several times.
In 1879 with the opening of the Gilgarron Branch (Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway) it was served by a line from the east, from a siding named Bain's Siding. The owner was now the owner of the Harrington Iron Works, James Bain & Co. Bain's Tramway was also extended south to the colliery and on to WC&ER at the siding. A private halt for workers, Lowca [1st] was to open at the colliery.
Harrington 10 was opened around 1880 along with Harrington No 11, just to the east.
Approach from Bain's Tramway was to be radically improved around 1910, with the addition of a western approach, which made operating to the colliery much easier from the Bain's Tramway.
The lines were retained through various ownerships until complete closure of the colliery in 1968. The lines closed in 1973.
Tags
Mine07/08/2020
| Nearby stations Lowca [1st] Lowca [2nd] Gilgarran Halt Micklam Parton [WJR] Parton [WC and ER] Moresby Parks Whitehaven Whitehaven [1st] Copperas Hill Moresby Junction Halt Rosehill (Archer Street) Halt Harrington Distington Corkickle Newtown | Lowca Engine Shed Harrington No 11 Bain^s Siding William Colliery Lonsdale Works Rosehill Junction Whitehaven Tunnel Harrington Iron Works Wellington Colliery Walkmill Colliery Harrington Harbour Haig Colliery Distington Iron Works Corkickle No 2 Junction Tourist/other Parton Bay |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
