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Monument Number 766023
Hob Uid: 766023
Location : Wakefield Sitlington
Grid Ref : SE2533716451
Summary : Caphouse Pit (Number 1 shaft) at Caphouse Colliery, with the heapstead and headgear over it, is a deepening of the original coal pit at Caphouse which was probably dug in the late 1770s or 1780s. Major investment by the Lister Kayes in their colliery in the early 1850s included the deepening of Caphouse Pit and the construction of an H-shaped heapstead. All the buildings of the 1850s at Caphouse Pit appear to have been replaced in the 1870s when further investment to bring the pit back into use led to the deepening of No. 1 shaft, the rebuilding of its heapstead and headgear, the sinking of the second shaft, No.2 shaft, partly as a furnace ventilation shaft, and the rebuilding of the steam winding engine house, dated 1876, and its associated boiler yard and chimney. Between 1904 and 1911 the present timber framed headgear and timber framed screens were erected.
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Sunk late 1770s or 1780s
Monument End Date : 1789
Monument Start Date : 1776
Monument Type : Mine Shaft
Evidence : Subterranean Feature

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Deepened 1850s
Monument End Date : 1859
Monument Start Date : 1850
Monument Type : Mine Shaft, Heapstead
Evidence : Subterranean Feature, Destroyed Monument, Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : 1870s
Monument End Date : 1879
Monument Start Date : 1870
Monument Type : Mine Shaft, Ventilation Shaft, Heapstead, Winder House, Chimney, Winding Gear, Boiler House
Evidence : Subterranean Feature, Extant Building, Structure, Destroyed Monument, Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : 1904-11
Monument End Date : 1911
Monument Start Date : 1904
Monument Type : Winding Gear, Screening Plant
Evidence : Structure

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Change of use 1988
Monument End Date : 1988
Monument Start Date : 1988
Monument Type : Museum
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 342535
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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 91090
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 12 NE 31
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Monument Number 766023