The last remains
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The photograph on this page of The last remains by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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The last remains
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 31 Jan 2010
These stumps of steelwork are all that remains of the remaining headframe of the former Annesley Colliery. Although it could have remained as a witness to what was the major industry in the area, the developer was much more interested in being able to get a couple or so more houses onto the site, and efforts to save it were unavailing.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.074166
Longitude
-1.229474