WIP · World in Pocket

Hamstead Colliery

Birmingham, Italy

Hamstead Colliery

Hamstead Colliery in Hamstead (then Staffordshire, now West Midlands), England, produced coal between 1878 and 1965, by mining the South Staffordshire 'Thick' coal seam. It suffered a major fire in 1908 in which 26 men died. It underwent modernisation following nationalisation in 1947, and again in

Listen to the audio guide for Hamstead Colliery Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off

Nearby