Ancient Mineshaft
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Ancient Mineshaft
Image: © Michael Steele Taken: 22 Mar 2009
This shaft, surrounded by Herras Fencing, is immediately next to Listers Road near to the Shibden Hall Car Park. The warning signs inducate the responsibility of the Coal Authority. Halifax is well outside the areas of the Yorkshire Coalfield mined in the second half of the 20th Century, but there was mining here at the outset of the Industrial Revolution.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.729128
Longitude
-1.845513