Photos by beachcomberbob : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

beachcomberbob said:

The small 'tower-like' building is the remains of the Guibal Fan House, and the bigger building behind was the Winding Engine House, both serving the New Hawne colliery adjacent to the top end of 'Hayseech' (which runs just behind in the near background) in Halesowen (or Cradley, Overend or Hawne, depending on which set of old map boundaries your working by!) Not far from Corngreaves Hall (which has been restored), these supposedly Grade II listed buildings are sadly in need of a restoration project before the vandals destroy them completely. Other buildings remain in this complex, further up-slope to the right of this photo.

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beachcomberbob said:

Cobbs Engine House was erected around 1831 (by Sir Horace St.Paul) to extract water from Pit 3 of the Windmill End Colliery (but later served a wider area) until pumping finally ceased in 1928. The Newcomen engine it housed was then removed from the site and transferred to the Henry Ford Museum, Michegan, USA. 1,600,000 litres of water were pumped from the mines into the nearby canal system daily.

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beachcomberbob said:

This is the clubhouse (take a good look - it'll be under a housing estate in a few years time!)

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beachcomberbob said:

This is a view of the field from the clubhouse.

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