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- ↑ NW Division map, cmhrc.co.uk, archived from the original on 19 July 2011, retrieved 28 April 2011
- ↑ Hayes 2004, p. 88
- ↑ Hayes 2004, p. 89
- ↑ Atkinson 1998, p. 49
- ↑ Bridgewater Collieries Ltd, Durham Mining Museum, retrieved 1 August 2011
- ↑ Manchester Collieries, Durham Mining Museum, retrieved 28 April 2011
- ↑ Davies 2010, p. 33
Bibliography
- Atkinson, Glen (1998), The Canal Duke's Collieries Worsley 1760-1900, Neil Richardson (Second Edition), ISBN 978-1-85216-120-0
- Davies, Alan (2010), Coal Mining in Lancashire & Cheshire, Amberley, ISBN 978-1-84868-488-1
- Hayes, Geoffrey (2004), Collieries and their Railways in the Manchester Coalfields, Landmark, ISBN 1-84306-135-X