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Health and Safety Executive: Mining in Greater Manchester

1888-1931
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This material (MIN/1-10) contains old mining plans relating to past mining activity in the Greater Manchester area. These plans of abandoned mines (non-coal) are held for Boaredge, Jericho, Brushes Clough, Lees, Manchester 1888-1931.
There are also files in Boxes 1-19 relating to mining accidents in Greater Manchester, the Reports of H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries and the Royal Commission on Safety in Coal Mines, 1936.
Place:/Greater Manchester/England
/Lancashire/England
Title:
Health and Safety Executive: Mining in Greater Manchester
Date of work:
1888-1931
Reference number:
GB124.A.MIN
Level of description:
Fonds
Custodial history:
These plans were held by the Health and Safety Executive in accordance with the Mines and Quarries Act. They were kept for information they might contain relevant to such matters as mining subsidence, land use, and public safety.
Source:
Received from Manchester City Council Chief Executive Department 11 April 1991, accession number 1429
Access restrictions:
UnrestrictedThe plans are stored off site and we require 2 weeks' notice in order to retrieve them.
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Record types:
COLLECTION
Language:
English
Record number:
7182070
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