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Pit Head Gear in Fred's Back Garden
by David Dixon
geograph for square SD7208
As a child growing up in Bolton, Fred Dibnah had been surrounded by pits such as... (more)
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Fred's Garden
by David Dixon
geograph for square SD7208
The scene in the garden behind the home of the late Fred Dibnah. The garden... (more)
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Brittain Pit
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SK4151
A long disused colliery with the winding engine house on the left, the head gear... (more)
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Barnsley Main Colliery - pit head gear
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SE3606
This surviving winding house and head gear are Listed Grade II. Barnsley Main... (more)
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Pit head winding gear, Dolaucothi Gold Mines
by M J Roscoe
geograph for square SN6640
The winding gear was brought from a disused lead mine in North Wales by the... (more)
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Hemingfield Colliery - former engine house
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SE3900
This pit was sunk in 1842-3 for Earl Fitzwilliam and included a Cornish beam... (more)
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Snailbeach Mine
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ3702
This former mine had become very derelict but is now undergoing further... (more)
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The Bridgewater Canal from Vicars Hall Bridge
by Ian Greig
geograph for square SJ7199
The pit head gear of Astley Green Colliery Museum is in view
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Fife Coastal Path at Dysart
by Oliver Dixon
geograph for square NT3093
Ahead, the path climbs up the slope of Dubbie Braes and past the old pit head... (more)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery - three head gears
by Chris Allen
for square SJ8853
The photographer position is a guess but was somewhere up the spoil heap. The... (more)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery - Hesketh head gear
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ8853
The Hesketh Shaft was the last to be sunk, in 1914-17, and is 640 yards deep. It... (more)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery - Hesketh head gear
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ8853
This shows how scrubby and overgrown the site has become due to the lack of... (more)
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Foxfield Colliery
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ9744
This mine closed in 1965 but two head gears still stand and are now part of the... (more)
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Hopewell Colliery - re-erected head gear
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SO6011
This is not a feature of this working free mine but rather a visible indicator... (more)
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Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre - pit head
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SD7208
Fred famously dug a 'pit' in his garden to a depth of about 20'.... (more)
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Barnsley Main Colliery
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SE3606
This surviving winding house and head gear are Listed Grade II. Barnsley Main... (more)
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Hemingfield Colliery
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SE3900
Originally sunk in 1842-3 and used as a pumping station from the 1920s. This is... (more)
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Hemingfield Colliery - pumping engine house
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SE3900
Built 1842-3 for a Cornish beam pumping engine and later converted to a house.... (more)
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Barnsley Main Colliery in heavy sleet
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SE3606
This surviving winding house and head gear are Listed Grade II. Barnsley Main... (more)
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Big Pit National Coal Museum
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SO2308
The colliery only has one shaft, there also being access by a drift.
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A Black Country Pit
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SO9491
This could easily have been taken in 1890 but in fact is Racecourse Colliery at... (more)
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Big Pit Mining Museum, Blaenavon
by Chris Hodrien
geograph for square SO2308
One of only two museums in the United Kingdom where you can access a genuine... (more)
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Hemingfield Colliery - winding engine house
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SE3900
This is the 1842-3 engine house for a geared beam winding engine that wound the... (more)
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Cardiff Bay Barrage 'Age of Coal', Pithead Wheel
by David Dixon
geograph for square ST1973
This pithead wheel was originally from Bettws Drift Mine at Ammanford. Part of... (more)
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Mary Pithead, Lochore
by Colin Smith
geograph for square NT1796
Pithead gear and an old NCB tank engine - monuments to the former coal mining... (more)
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Black Country Living Museum - Racecourse Colliery in steam
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SO9491
This reconstruction is based on an original mine shaft and uses buildings and... (more)
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Lewis Merthyr Colliery
by Chris Allen
for square ST0391
Now the Rhondda Heritage Centre but then a working mine in NCB ownership. We... (more)
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Hemingfield Colliery
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SE3900
Pumping engine house that is now a dwelling. There is another colliery building... (more)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ8853
A 2013 shot showing three of the four headgears. From closest to furthest they... (more)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery - Winstanley Shaft
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ8853
Winstanley Shaft was sunk in 1914 and is 235 yards deep. The headgear was built... (more)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery - Winstanley Shaft
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ8853
Winstanley Shaft was sunk in 1914 and is 235 yards deep. The headgear was built... (more)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, 2013
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ8853
By 2013 the museum at this site had been closed for around 20 years but ut was... (more)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery - Hesketh Shaft and winding engine house
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ8853
This was taken in 1986 when the site was a museum and free from trees. There is... (more)
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