2013

NZ2154 : Men or Coal?

taken 12 years ago, near to Beamish, County Durham, England

Men or Coal?
Men or Coal?
A handle to change the settings on the winding engine from hauling men to hauling coal.
In the colliery section at Beamish Museum.
Beamish Museum :: NZ2254

Beamish Museum is an open-air museum located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley in County Durham. The museum's guiding principle is to preserve an example of everyday life in urban and rural North-East England at the climax of industrialisation in the early 20th century.

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Geographical Context: Quarrying, Mining Educational sites
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Beamish Colliery [99] · Engine at Beamish [69] ·
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NZ2154, 541 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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David P Howard   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 28 August, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 3 September, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2197 5430 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:52.9785N 1:39.5450W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2197 5430
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