Scott's Pit, Birchgrove, Swansea, Wales.
N 51° 40.095 W 003° 53.115
30U E 438779 N 5724512
The old 1770 engine house and colliery remains of Scott's Pit, can still be seen next to the M4 motorway between junctions 44 and 45. at Birchgrove, Swansea, Wales.
Waymark Code: WMENYN
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/20/2012
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Scott's Pit, Birchgrove, Swansea.Originally started by Captain John Scott in the 1770's, it was abandoned because of water inundation and left idle for a number of years before being restarted with the help of a Cornish beam pump.
There is an interesting coal mining trail around the old Collierys and pits in the area and can be viewed at: (
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An extract from this site is shown below.
"Named after John Scott who was responsible for sinking it, but later sold out to C.H.Smith without having achieved the success for which he had hoped. It probably worked from 1819 until about 1840. The impressive stone building is a Cornish beam engine-house, used to pump water from the workings 160 yards below in the Church or Four-Foot seam. The engine-house was one of the first of its type in South Wales. In addition, a stone lined shaft, auxiliary buildings and a tramroad were constructed to exploit what was a proven seam. Extensive investigation of the site by the South West Wales Industrial Archaeology Society has revealed a boiler house, furnace house, winding engine base and pit, and an unusually designed tramplate".
Scott's Pit Engine House & Traces of Ancillary Buildings is a listed building as can be seen from the info below:
"Description: Scott's Pit Engine House,
Grade: II*
Date Listed: 9 October 2003
Cadw Building ID: 81848
OS Grid Coordinates: 269720, 198300
Latitude/Longitude: 51.6679, -3.8841 "
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