EPW034088 ENGLAND (1930). The Sneyd Colliery and Brick Works, housing by Moorland Road and Burslem Cemetery, Burslem, 1930

Chorlton Road (was Albany Road)

Milton Road

Barthomley Road (previously Hamilton Road)

Sneyd Street

Sneyd Street

Holden Bridge

Top fed spoil heaps make interesting examples of the formation of slopes. The combination of particle size and that particle's angle of repose along with the process of consolidation as material is washed down the slope by rain, brings about the formation of rectilinear slopes. In this case there two rectilinear slopes with a break of slope about 3/5ths of the way down the cone where the more consolidated material is able to carry a greater load. The slope also displays fan shapes which may reflect the washing down of material by the rail or the movement of the chute at the top of the conveyor. These 'human' slopes tell us much about natural slopes, where different materials (rocks) may determine the angles and breaks of slope. But the relationship between particle size, sub-aerial processes and gravity are the same.

Iconic 'coal tip'. Miners did not bring coal out of the ground to tip it, so they should really be called 'spoil heaps', being the rock and other 'rubbish' that could not be sold as coal.

Over head bucket line from screens to spoil heap (coal tip). Easier to see in EPW034093