King Pit and Carlisle Spedding stone plaque

Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

King Pit This shaft was sunk in 1750 by Carlisle Spedding the mining agent for the Lowther family By 1793 it had reached a depth of 160 fathoms which at the time made if the deepest pit in the world

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