Fordell Colliery William Pit

Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Fordell Colliery William Pit

Served by the Fordell Railway.

Chronology Dates

  /  /1843Fordell Estate
Fordell Colliery Wellington Pit (later Fordell Colliery William Pit) sunk on the Fordell Estate. Connected to the Fordell Railway by inclined plane
  /  /1872Fordell Estate
New connection from the Fordell Colliery William Pit to the Fordell Railway opened.
  /  /1946Fordell Estate
Henderson Mine sinking begins, to be used as an unloading point for the Fordell Colliery William Pit and Fordell Colliery Alice Pit.
  /08/1946Fordell Railway
Closed between St David's Harbour and Fordell Colliery Lady Anne Pit and Fordell Colliery William Pit. St David's Harbour closed. Coal sent by the remaining portion of the Fordell Railway from Fordell Colliery Lady Anne Pit and Fordell Colliery William Pit to the Fordell Colliery Alice Pit pit for trans-shipment.
  /  /1950National Coal Board
Fordell Colliery William Pit closed.