Candlestick Chimney, Whitehaven
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Candlestick Chimney, Whitehaven
Image: © N Chadwick Taken: 29 May 2009
A remaining ventilation shaft for the former Wellington Pit http://www.visitcumbria.com/wc/wellpit.htm Or it could be an old boiler chimney, last used in 1880s, but since 1969 has had gas vented up the nearby No 3 shaft (sunk 1905) piped through the old boiler flue to exit at high level.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.54849
Longitude
-3.59727