Coordinates: 53°26′10″N 2°42′14″W / 53.436°N 2.704°W
Sutton is a district of St Helens, Merseyside, England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire.
Sutton Manor was one of the largest pits in the Lancashire coal field, the deepest of the two shafts going over 2,000 feet into the earth. Due to their depth, they were not filled in: instead two three-metre thick reinforced concrete plugs were lifted into position over the two shafts, with venting pipes for methane. This has meant that annual surveys are carried out on the shafts; however recent surveys have shown that the shafts have little water in them.
A 20m tall sculpture, called The Dream, is now sited at Sutton.[1]
External links
- Sutton Beauty – A photographic appreciation of Sutton in St Helens
- Sutton Manor colliery 1990 - photographs of the colliery
References
- ^ Sooke, Alastair (25 April 2009), The new face of the North West, Telegraph Review, The Daily Telegraph, p. 16
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