South Yorkshire Mines Drainage Unit in 1986

In 1986, the Mines Drainage Unit (MDU) was based at Westfield House, Westfield Road, Parkgate, Rotherham, telephone no. 0709 522145.

It was managed by Jack Brennan, a First Class certified manager (no.7671).

The MDU was responsible for the following locations and facilities under the South Yorkshire Area, athough sites came under different NCB Inspectorates (given in [] below:

  • Barbot Hall Borehole, Greasbrough, Rotherham [North Yorkshire District]
  • Birley East Pumping Station, Stone Lane, Woodhouse, Sheffield [S.Y.]
  • Car House Pumping Station, Car House near Rotherham [S.Y.]
  • Crigglestone Pumping Station, Crigglestone, Wakefield [N.Y.]
  • Durkar Pumping Station, Crigglestone, Wakefield [N.Y.]
  • Elsecar Pumping Station, Elsecar, Barnsley [S.Y.]
  • Flockton Lane End Pumping Station Bar Lane, Flockton [N.Y.]
  • Greenland Pumping Station, Wombwell, Barnsley, [S.Y.]
  • Handsworth Borehole, Handsworth, Sheffield [S.Y.]
  • Handsworth Pumping Station, Handsworth, Sheffield [S.Y.]
  • Haw Park Shaft Pumping Station, Walton, Wakefield [N.Y.]
  • Hemingfield Pumping Station, Hemingfield, Barnsley [S.Y.]
  • Lepton Edge Pumping Station, Lepton Edge, Huddersfield [N.Y.]
  • Low Stubbin Pumping Station, Rawmarsh, Rotherham [S.Y.]
  • Lundwood Borehole, Barnsley, [N.Y.]
  • Mitchell Main Pumping Station, Wombwell, Barnsley [N.Y.]
  • New Monckton No 4 Pumping Station, South Hiendley, Barnsley, [N.Y.]
  • New Monckton No 6 Pumping Station, Royston, near Barnsley, [N.Y.]
  • Nunnery Pumping Station, Sheffield [S.Y.]
  • Orchard Lane Borehole, Beighton, Sheffield, [S.Y.]
  • Rockingham Pumping Station, Birdwell, Barnsley [N.Y.]
  • Rockley Borehole, Barnsley [N.Y.]
  • Strafford Pumping Station, Gilroyd, Barnsley [N.Y.]
  • Tankersley Park Pumping Station, Tankersley, nr Barnsley [N.Y.]
  • Thorpe Pumping Station, Thorpe Hesley, near Rotherham [N.Y.]
  • Waleswood Pumping Station, Waleswood, Sheffield [S.Y.]
  • Walton No 3 Pumping Station, Walton, Wakefield [N.Y.]
  • Westfield Pumping Station, Parkgate, Rotherham [S.Y.]
  • Wharncliffe Silkstone Pumping Station, Pilley, Barnsley [N.Y.]
  • Wharncliffe Woodmoor No.3 Pumping Station, Carlton, Barnsley [N.Y.]
  • Woolley Barnsley Pumping Station, Woolley Edge Lane, Carlton, Barnsley [N.Y.]

Source: Sansom, B. (ed.) Guide to the Coalfields, Surrey: Colliery Guardian, 1986, pp.93-94