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Gedling Access Road construction site – 8
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK6143
Gedling Country Park on the old colliery spoil tip in the background.
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Old buildings at Bersham Colliery
by Richard Hoare
geograph for square SJ3148
For Bersham Colliery, which closed in 1986.
These included an office, boiler... (more)
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Engine House Bersham Colliery
by Richard Hoare
geograph for square SJ3148
Grade II listed building.
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Redundant mining equipment
by Richard Hoare
geograph for square SJ3148
At Bersham Colliery Mining Museum.
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Lifting cage at number 1 shaft - Bersham Colliery
by Richard Hoare
geograph for square SJ3148
Above what was also known as the down shaft.
This was used to transport... (more)
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North Wales Miners Association Trust Ltd coach
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
A roving exhibition coach present at the Bersham Colliery open day.
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Derelict colliery trucks
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
These invariably would have been man handled below the surface.
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Rack of colliery trucks
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
These would have been hauled man or by pit ponies until 1958 when it became... (more)
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Cage beneath the Headgear at Bersham Colliery
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
This was used to convey men and materials to and from the seams.
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The headgear at Bersham Colliery from below
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
This was placed above number 2 shaft in 1930 following a fire which destroyed... (more)
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Redundant steam engine parts
by Richard Hoare
geograph for square SJ3148
Possibly from the Point Of Ayr colliery.
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The headgear at Bersham Colliery (2)
by Richard Hoare
geograph for square SJ3148
This was placed above number 2 shaft in 1930 following a fire which destroyed... (more)
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The headgear at Bersham Colliery
by Richard Hoare
geograph for square SJ3148
This was placed above number 2 shaft in 1930 following a fire which destroyed... (more)
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Former colliery site below the Country Park
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK6143
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Gedling Access Road progress - July 2020
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK6143
On the edge of Gedling Country Park, with the methane powered generating station... (more)
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Miners' head lamps on charge
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
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Cutting wheel
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
For cutting into the coal seams.
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Chassis from tram car
by Richard Hoare
geograph for square SJ3148
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Track within Headgear cage
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
Trucks were run into the cage to be lifted to the surface.
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View over the colliery site to Mapperley Plains
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK6143
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Car park at Pooley Country Park
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK2503
This area was the heart of the former Pooley Hall Colliery. The monument in the... (more)
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Former Pooley Hall Colliery wharf
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK2503
The concrete and brick represent the last vestiges of the tippler for loading... (more)
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The Blue Lagoon (Northern Basin)
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK6143
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Old railway lines in the old colliery area
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK6143
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Frozen run-off in the old colliery area
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK6143
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Three teasels
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK6143
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Methane capture power plant
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK6143
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Old mine shaft at Pooley Country Park
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK2503
One of the few physical remains of the Pooley Hall Colliery. Capped with... (more)
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TEAS at Pooley Country Park
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK2503
Nothing here to show that this was formerly a colliery.
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Rainbow wheel
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK2503
A pithead sheave installed at Pooley Country Park as a reminder that there was... (more)
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Loughor foreshore adjacent to Glanymor Park
by Simon Mortimer
geograph for square SS5798
Looking south towards Loughor. The Loughor Foreshore park has been recently... (more)
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Site of Jump Pit and former tramroad
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SE3700
The pit was in the area to the right. The mown track represents roughly the... (more)
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Former power house and winding house, Navigation Colliery
by M J Roscoe
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The roofless building in the foreground is the former power house (housing... (more)
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Lakeside Estate, Gilley Law, Sunderland
by Malc McDonald
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Tower blocks at Gilley Law reflected in the water. The lake is artificial, and... (more)
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The site of Brinsley Colliery
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK4648
Difficult to imagine that this was once an industrial landscape. The trees to... (more)
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Fanhouse and Winding House, Crumlin Navigation Colliery
by M J Roscoe
geograph for square ST2198
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Stone heapstead, New Sovereign Colliery
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE3104
Built 1861-6. Identified through... (more)
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Colliery locomotive
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
Salvaged from a colliery to be possibly restored when money permits.
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Coal mining monument Woodhorn Museum
by Steve Fareham
for square NZ2888
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Derelict tram car bodies
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
Wrexham and District Electric Tramway ceased operation 31 March 1927.
These two... (more)
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Old Wood Colliery
by Chris Allen
for square ST7085
Assorted artefacts collected by the South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group... (more)
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Site of Peckfield Colliery, west of Pit Lane
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE4332
The colliery was active from 1876 to 1981. 65 men and boys died in an accident... (more)
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Site of Foxes Bridge Colliery
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SO6313
This shows a concrete footing in the foreground with an inverted tee bob from a... (more)
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Pump bob - Foxes Bridge Colliery near Cinderford
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SO6313
This inverted tee bob was undoubtedly associated with a steam pumping engine for... (more)
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In the engine house at Bersham Colliery
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
Now redundant but a Grade II listed building.
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Former colliery buildings at Pooley Park
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK2503
The only remaining structures of the former Pooley Hall Colliery, now a motor... (more)
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The former Woodhorn Colliery
by Steve Fareham
geograph for square NZ2888
Now a Museum complex.
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Wakefield's City Fields, ready for development [4]
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE3521
Future road junction on the west side of the A6194. The plan is to build houses... (more)
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Former colliery buildings at Pooley Park
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK2503
The remains of Pooley Hall Colliery, now a motor car maintenance centre.
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Former colliery buildings at Pooley Park
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK2503
The remains of Pooley Hall Colliery, now a motor car maintenance centre.
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