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Markham Main Colliery was a coal mine in Armthorpe, on the eastern edge of Doncaster. It could be seen, and was a landmark, from the nearby M18. 87 miners were killed at the pit. ==History== It was sunk on 6 May 1916 and work continued until 24 August 1916 when work stopped because of the war.〔(BBC Domesday )〕 Work continued on 21 May 1922. Coal was first recovered on 5 May 1924. The site cost around £1 million and a model village for the pit (Armthorpe) was built. For many years it was used as a training pit for the local area, with a training tunnel. In the 1950s it had around 2,700 workers. A domestic fuel processing plant was built in 1966. In the mid-1980s the pit had around 1,500 employees. When the 1980s miners' strike finished in 1985, Markham Main was the last Yorkshire pit to return to work, three days later. On its initial closure in 1992 it had around 730 workers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Markham Main Colliery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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