Railway Bridge near Stragglethorpe
Introduction
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Railway Bridge near Stragglethorpe
Image: © Kate Jewell Taken: 30 Apr 2006
This railway line opened in the 1960s to carry coal from Cotgrave Colliery, one of the last pits to be sunk, in 1964. The coal was carried north west to the main Nottingham to Grantham line and the Colwick marshalling yard: see Image, Image and Image When Cotgrave closed in 1994 there were millions of tonnes in reserves but the coal was not of the highest quality, and it was deemed uneconimic to extract. (Caption amended based on information provided by John Sutton http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/38492 )
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Image Location
Latitude
52.931587
Longitude
-1.054223