Parsonage Colliery - boiler house
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Parsonage Colliery - boiler house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 7 Nov 1980
Lancashire boilers burning coal on chain grates. The firing aisle is covered but the rest of the boilers are in the open air with insulation over the top of the shells. Colliery boiler houses were not always the tidiest of environments. At this time these boilers were out of use and steam was being raised in a pair of oil fired boilers out of shot.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.500031
Longitude
-2.527593