Cardowan Colliery, ventilating fan.
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Cardowan Colliery, ventilating fan.
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 26 Apr 1982
This is almost certainly the standby fan. This is a modern high-speed fan - possibly a scirroco. I think I might have seen the working fan but that would have been a photographic challenge with fast moving humid air.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.890198
Longitude
-4.134574