PHOTO COLLIERY RAILWAY IN 1906 A RAILWAY WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN SNEYD COLLIERY AND A NEW LANDSALE AND CANAL BASIN AT SHORT HEATH ON THE WYRLEY AND ESSINGTON CANAL. THIS CLOSED IN THE LATE 1960S WITH THE DEMISE OF HILTON MAIN COLLIERY AND OPENCAST WORKING ON THE SNEYD COLLIERY SITE.