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Baggeridge Colliery
52.5330° N, -2.1480° E
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Baggeridge Colliery was a colliery located in Sedgley, West Midlands England.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
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Iron Age
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Pit closure
2 March 1968
Baggeridge Country Park opened
17 June 1983
Geological inspection of Western Boundary Fault
1869
Trial borehole sunk
1896
First shaft started
February 1899
Thick coal seam discovered
1902
Rail link constructed
1907
Second shaft sunk
1910
Production commenced
1912
Local government reorganisation note
1974
Country park work commenced
1981
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