Sentence examples for pit closed from inspiring English sources

Horden's pit closed in 1987.

"A lot of lives have been saved since the pit closed," said Gillespie.

The Great Northern Coalfield drew breath until 1993, when the last pit closed in County Durham.

Once the world's biggest mining village, thousands were thrown out of work when the local pit closed in 1986.

Highly activated components in the IFMIF facility are found in the Test Cell, a pit closed by stepped shielding plugs.

Now 63, he has been out of work since the pit closed in 1993 and acts as a voluntary adviser to ex-miners with health problems.

Gin Pit Colliery closed in 1955, Cleworth Hall in 1963, Nook two years later, and Mosley Common in 1968.

But Point of Ayr on the north Wales coast was the region's last pit, closing in 1996.

Aspirations remained surprisingly high even as the welfare state grew and the pits closed.

After unification many eastern German pits closed, particularly those producing the most sulfurous coal.

As more and more of the local pits closed, it gradually became unviable.