W. Harrison Ltd

Bought the flooded Mid Cannock Colliery from its original owners in 1913, dewatered it and brought it back into production in 1914/15; also opened Wyrley No. 3 Colliery in 1896 and operated Grove Colliery, Brownhills.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Cannock and Leacroft Colliery Staffordshire 1915–1947
Wyrley No. 3 Colliery Staffordshire 1896–1947

Record created: 1 September 2026 · Last researched: 1 September 2026

Accessibility options

Saved in this browser and applied on every page. Colour is never the only cue on MineArchive; if links are hard to pick out, underline them or raise the contrast. For larger text, use your browser's zoom.

Contrast
Link visibility
Motion
Reading width