1. When the skips arrived at the pithead they passed over a weighbridge. 2. On entering the pithead , one of the tramlines crosses a weighbridge. 3. Tomlinson describes a visit he made to the pithead during this time : }} 4. They were working about from the pithead when the explosion occurred and were underground. 5. It had a red brick winding house, pithead baths and a coal washery. 6. These remain extant on the site and are currently located in the pithead structure. 7. This conveys the coal back towards the pithead . 8. Machine gun nests and barbed wire surrounded the pitheads , and police opened fire on miners. 9. The smoke was seen in the surrounding area so miners and managers hurried to the pithead . 10. As word of the disaster spread, Creswell residents rushed to the pithead to offer assistance.