The People Who Made Caphouse Tour
Price
Free
Where
Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH
About
A guided site tour explores inventors and innovators connected with Caphouse and Hope Colliery, including the people whose ideas addressed mining problems over three centuries.
The route connects named figures such as Thomas Newcomen, James Watt, Richard Trevithick and Emma Lister Kaye with the machinery and changes at the colliery. It is suitable for ages 12 and over and may include uneven ground.
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