The Work of James Brindley at Wet Earth Colliery

In this video we study the work of James Brindley at Wet Earth colliery. Otherwise known as Clifton Colliery. Situated in Clifton Country park. Wet earth colliery was beset with water ingress problems. The coal mine was always flooding mainly caused by the river Irwell. James Brindley came up with a solution that was engineering genius. It involved a weir on a river and a set of underground tunnels in salford / manchester. This powered a water wheel and solved the coal mining problems. This involved land owner John Heathcote and Matthew Fletcher. Who gave his name to Fletchers canal. Fletchers canal would eventually join the Manchester Bury Bolton Canal and be useful for the transportation of coal from the colliery. The Irwell valley has a long tradition of Coal mining and this was just one of many collieries including the famous Agecroft colliery

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