Kents Lane, Silverdale

Silverdale Colliery was first sunk in the 1830s and went on to be the last deep mine operating in North Staffordshire when the final coal was worked here in December 1998. This is the No.17 shaft which was 1019 feet deep. There were four shafts numbered 14, 15 16 & 17 and four surface drifts in the 1980s.