| AdminHistory | Mining subsidence was very common in the Delph area, south of Brierley Hill in the Black Country, due to the fact that so much mining took place. The town was growing so rapidly during the last century that buildings were often erected on unsafe ground. As the search for coal led to more mining west of Dudley, the older cottages and houses were affected, sometimes with disastrous results. There are still many buildings in the area tilted quite severely as they settled down to new levels. There existed in this area the Delph Firebrick Works who were owned by refractory manufacturers E. J. & J. Pearson. They produced many refractory products - their main products in the 1930s being gratebacks. They also owned No. 7 Pit of the colliery. Lower Delph Colliery was owned by Harper & Moores. The collieries supplied the raw materials for the works including coal aswell as clay. The works closed in 1975. |