Lancashire Coalfield

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Field
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:declinedAfter 20th century
gptkbp:featureType gptkb:Carboniferous
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite gptkb:Astley_Green_Colliery_Museum
gptkb:Lancashire_Mining_Museum
gptkbp:hasResource bituminous coal
cannel coal
steam coal
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lancashire Coalfield
gptkbp:industry gptkb:textile_industry
iron industry
cotton industry
gptkbp:lastDeepMineClosed 1993
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:England
gptkb:Lancashire
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Rochdale
gptkb:Burnley
gptkb:Ashton-in-Makerfield
gptkb:Bolton
gptkb:Leigh
gptkb:Oldham
gptkb:St_Helens
gptkb:Wigan
gptkbp:miningStarted 16th century
gptkbp:notable_disaster_response gptkb:Pretoria_Pit_disaster
gptkb:Maypole_Colliery_disaster
gptkb:Wood_Pit_disaster
gptkbp:notableEvent miners' strikes
nationalisation of coal industry 1947
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Worsley_Navigable_Levels
underground canals
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Agecroft_Colliery
gptkb:Astley_Green_Colliery
gptkb:Bickershaw_Colliery
gptkb:Bradford_Colliery
gptkb:Garswood_Hall_Colliery
gptkb:Mosley_Common_Colliery
gptkb:Nook_Colliery
gptkb:Parkside_Colliery
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_Fletcher
gptkb:Earl_of_Ellesmere
gptkb:James_Brindley
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_coalfields
gptkbp:peakProductionYear 19th century
gptkbp:product gptkb:coal
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway
gptkb:Leigh_Branch_Canal
gptkb:Lancashire_Union_Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carboniferous_period
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5