Carlisle Spedding

man

Aged unknown

Commemorated on 2 plaques

King Pit This shaft was sunk in 1750 by Carlisle Spedding the mining agent for the Lowther family By 1793 it had reached a depth of 160 fathoms which at the time made if the deepest pit in the world

Solway Road, Whitehaven, United Kingdom where they was

Carlisle Spedding (1695-1755) Inventor of the Spedding Steel Mill which allowed illumination in coal mines with minimum risk. Architect Inventor Mining Engineer Lived Here

Irish Street, Whitehaven, United Kingdom where they lived