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This is the former Astley Green Colliery and includes this massive engine house... (more)

Tags: Astley Green   Colliery Headgear   Engine House   Former Colliery   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   subject:Museum   top:Quarrying, Mining   Steam Crane  

The surviving headgear of Astley Green Colliery. The brick building contains the... (more)

Tags: Astley Green   Colliery Headgear   Engine House   Former Colliery   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   subject:Museum  

Wood Bros, Wigan horizontal duplex compressed air geared rope changing winch.... (more)

Tags: Astley Green   type:Close Look   Former Colliery   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   subject:Winch  

Seen from the Trencherbone Platform. Trains were nor running.

Tags: Astley Green   Former Colliery   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   Narrow Gauge Railway   subject:Railway   top:Railways  

This shows a narrow gauge diesel locomotive and some wagons. A large compressed... (more)

Tags: Astley Green   Former Colliery   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   Narrow Gauge Diesel Locomotive   top:Quarrying, Mining   subject:Railway Locomotive   top:Railways   Winch  

These are used to store compressed air for operating the large steam winding... (more)

Tags: Air Receiver   Astley Green   type:Close Look   Former Colliery   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   subject:Museum  

The narrow gauge railway seen from the winding engine house stairs. There were... (more)

Tags: Astley Green   Former Colliery   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   subject:Museum   Narrow Gauge Railway   top:Railways  

This boiler has only been moved here and displayed in recent times. This type of... (more)

Tags: Astley Green   subject:Boiler   type:Close Look   Former Colliery   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum  

Tags: Astley Green   type:Close Look   Former Colliery   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   subject:War Memorial  

A rail mounted steam crane built by Cowans Sheldon at Carlisle as No. 2987 of... (more)

Tags: Astley Green   subject:Crane   Former Colliery   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   Steam Crane  

Tags: Astley Green   type:Close Look   Former Colliery   weather:Freezing   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   subject:Museum   Tractor  

This is a work of art by Carol Parkes to commemorate the 80th anniversary of an... (more)

Tags: subject:Art   Astley Green   type:Close Look   Commemoration   Former Colliery   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum  

This wooden headgear is the one Fred Dibnah erected to excavate a mine shaft in... (more)

Tags: Astley Green   Colliery Headgear   Former Colliery   Fred Dibnah   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   subject:Museum   top:Quarrying, Mining  

Fred Dibnah dug a mineshaft in his garden and this was the associated wooden... (more)

Tags: Astley Green   Colliery Headgear   Former Colliery   Fred Dibnah   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   subject:Museum  

Narrow gauge railway. This has been erected to enhance the visitor experience.... (more)

Tags: Astley Green   Former Colliery   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   subject:Museum   Narrow-Gauge Railway  

The "famous" East Lancs Car Boot Sale, seen here in August 2017, is... (more)

Tags: Astley   Astley Green   top:Business, Retail, Services   subject:Car   Car Boot   Car Boot Sale   Car Boot Sale Site   Car Boot Sales Site   type:Geograph   Greater Manchester   county:Greater Manchester   place:Greater Manchester   Wigan MBC  

A row of small steam engines, pumps and a steam hammer that are now in an open... (more)

Tags: Astley Green   Fire Pump   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Museum   Stationary Steam Engine   Steam Engine (Preserved)   Steam Engines