2018

SE2416 : National Coal Mining Museum - store building, interior

taken 6 years ago, near to Flockton, Kirklees, England

National Coal Mining Museum - store building, interior
National Coal Mining Museum - store building, interior
One photo will suffice of the inside of the store which contains many of the larger exhibits that were formerly stored outdoors to their detriment SE2416 : Colliery Storage, such as this man-riding vehicle. Imagine sitting in a bus seat, facing sideways, being taken down a dark narrow tunnel and clinging on to the man next to you for support. And the man on the end...?
National Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield :: SE2516

The museum's 45 acre site, adjacent to the main A642 road, straddles the boundary between Wakefield and Kirklees boroughs. It opened in 1988 as the Yorkshire Mining Museum but became "national" (for England) in 1995 - Wales has a separate coal mining museum. It essentially covers the surface buildings of two former collieries - Caphouse and Hope.

The principal attraction is, of course, going down in the Caphouse mine itself, 140m underground to the main seam, although the guided tour nowadays does not take you more than about a hundred metres from the lift shaft (at my first visit in 1991 it went further, and visitors walked back up the drift road). There are also two specially constructed museum galleries, and outdoor exhibits of mining plant, locomotives and so on. Several former operational buildings at Hope Pit are open to visitors.


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Stephen Craven   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 12 April, 2018   (more nearby)
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Monday, 16 April, 2018
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OSGB36: geotagged! SE 2493 1634 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:38.5789N 1:37.4629W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SE 2493 1634
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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