Dover

aka Shakespeare

Iron and Coal Mine
Worked from 1896 to 1915

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Apr 18th, 2025 by BertyBasset


Shakespeare Colliery looking south-west from Akers steps after closure
The Weald and Kent
Dover
51.1076546, 1.2768019
TR 2948 3937
Private Land
83m
#20,352

1896-1900 Kent Collieries Corporation Ltd 1905 Consolidated Kent Collieries Corporation Ltd 1908-1

Publications (2)

  • (1919); List of Coal Borings in Kent, 1886-1919; 1 pages
  • KURG (1991); Kent & East Sussex Underground; pp. 31
The Channel Tunnel work site c1882 seen from Shakespeare CliffShakespeare Colliery c1913Shakespeare Colliery looking south-west from Akers steps after closureDemolition of a pit head Shakespeare Colliery underway probably in 1928.Demolition of Borehole shaft head at Shakespeare Colliery underway probably in 1928.The Channel Tunnel work site at Shakespeare Cliff looking west from the bottom of Akers steps c1882.Francis Brady's 1886 borehole at Shakespeare CliffA late nineteenth century view of Shakespeare Colliery before any major buildings were constructed on the site.No.2 pit (Simpson) is seen in the foreground with No.1 pit (Brady) to the rear c1898. The winding engines for No 3 Pit (Borehole in June 1898 (White Cliffs Countryside Partnership)Engine hand Charles Gatehouse is seen in the winding house at Shakespeare Colliery circa late 1890s (White Cliffs Countryside Partnership)The abandoned Brady shaft is seen in the background; this remains much the same as in pictures above. Looking down on Shakespeare Colliery from the cliff top c1913. Demolition of chimney stack at Shakespeare Colliery underway probably in 1928.

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