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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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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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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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Miners' head lamps on charge
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
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Engine House Bersham Colliery
by Richard Hoare
geograph for square SJ3148
Grade II listed building.
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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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Cutting wheel
by Richard Hoare
for square SJ3148
For cutting into the coal 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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A redundant winding wheel and lifting cage
by Richard Hoare
geograph for square SJ3148
At the Bersham Colliery Mining Museum, viewed during an open day organised by... (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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Old engine house at Dean Howl
by Robert Graham
geograph for square NZ0648
This was built for the Healeyfield Lead Mine which operated here for a long... (more)
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Cages, Bwlch Glas mine
by Noel Jenkins
for square SN7087
A lead and zinc mine periodically worked in the early 20th century. The intact... (more)
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Disused equipment by the Big Pit mining museum
by Helen Steed
geograph for square SO2308
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Loading Conveyor, Spoutcroft Colliery Ruins
by Ian Dodds
for square NS8260
This is the end bit of the very dilapidated, but still-standing conveyor system... (more)
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Spoutcroft Colliery - Pit no 3?
by Ian Dodds
geograph for square NS8260
This ramshackle rusty hut on stilts is a former mining building. Considering how... (more)
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The site of Snibston No.3 Mine
by Mat Fascione
geograph for square SK4215
In 1850 the Snibston Colliery opened their third mine at this site next to the... (more)
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Geevor Tin Mine - The drill shop
by Chris Gorringe
for square SW3734
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Geevor Tin Mine - Drills lined up in the Drill Shop
by Chris Gorringe
for square SW3734
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Former mine entrance and beam engine, Wanlockhead
by David Martin
for square NS8713
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A survivor of the Great Rock Mine, Hennock
by Roger Cornfoot
for square SX8380
The Great Rock Mine in Hennock was the last working mine in the area. It... (more)
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Stonecroft Engine House
by Matthew Hatton
geograph for square NY8568
Built by 1871, this building once housed a 70" Cornish condensing engine... (more)
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Preserved beam engine and cottages, Wanlockhead
by David Martin
geograph for square NS8713
Seen across the valley from the former narrow gauge railway track bed. The water... (more)
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The preserved beam engine, Wanlockhead
by David Martin
geograph for square NS8713
Water powered beam engine once used to pump water from Straitsteps Mine. For the... (more)
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Keldheads Lead Mine
by Robert Struthers
geograph for square SE0790
Remains of the 19th century mine works.
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Nant Gadwen Mine building
by Eirian Evans
geograph for square SH2126
Housing the incline drum. The mine was for iron and manganese and was in... (more)
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Restored Mine Tubs at the Bower Yard Picnic Site
by Mat Fascione
geograph for square SJ6703
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Lead Mine
by Keith Burns
geograph for square NY7535
Old timber/ iron slide for lowering dressed ore down from the mine entrance.
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East Pool Mine Engine House, Agar Road, Pool
by Jo and Steve Turner
geograph for square SW6741
Built in 1887 to the design of a local engineer, E. W. Michell, after whom the... (more)
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Pit wheel from the former Point of Ayr Colliery
by Mat Fascione
geograph for square SJ1283
Point of Ayr Colliery was the last deep pit in North East Wales to close on 23... (more)
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Allenheads Washing Floors
by Oliver Dixon
geograph for square NY8645
A relic from the days when lead mining was a major industry in Allenheads. Here... (more)
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Grove Rake Mine
by David Robinson
geograph for square NY8944
The remaining headstock at the abandoned Grove Rake Mine.
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Winding drum and brake mechanism
by Richard Law
geograph for square SJ0732
The remains of a cable-operated brake machine for a slate mine incline; the... (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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Winding House & Boiler House
by Matthew Hatton
geograph for square SD8628
Scant remains of Dyneley Knoll Colliery. Worked in the early 20thC and then... (more)
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The Machine House, Laxey
by Stephen McKay
geograph for square SC4385
The machine house contained a water driven turbine that powered the winding... (more)
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Gasswater barytes mines
by Rab McMurdo
for square NS6522
Old borer and bits - underground at Gasswater barytes mines - Sept.2016.
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Gasswater barytes mines
by Rab McMurdo
for square NS6522
Old tub/hutch from the barytes mining days at Gasswater - October,2015.
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Kelly Mine
by Martin Bodman
for square SX7981
On the edge of Bovey Tracey parish, near Lustleigh. By the refurbished mine... (more)
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Big Pit mining museum
by Helen Steed
geograph for square SO2308
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National Coal Mining Museum (No.5)
by Bobby Clegg
for square SE2516
View of a Häggiunis Denison Viking hydraulic winder.
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National Coal Mining Museum (No.4)
by Bobby Clegg
for square SE2516
An angle view of the winding drum at Caphouse Colliery.
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National Coal Mining Museum (No.3)
by Bobby Clegg
for square SE2516
An Eimco 622 rocker shovel, best known as a Mucker, looking a little bit lost up top.
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The Barlestone pit wheel
by Mat Fascione
geograph for square SK4205
A monument in the centre of the village, installed in the late 1980s, even... (more)
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Mine Water Monitoring Station
by David Robinson
geograph for square NZ2933
Monitoring station close to the former East Howle Colliery. In its heyday East... (more)
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Course of railed incline, Coldberry Mine
by David Robinson
geograph for square NY9428
The incline was used to draw material up the shaft at the top by filling a... (more)
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