Whitwick Colliery Winding Wheel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Whitwick Colliery Winding Wheel by Les Carruthers as part of the Geograph project.
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Whitwick Colliery Winding Wheel
Image: © Les Carruthers Taken: 21 Sep 2006
Whitwick Colliery opened in 1826 and closed in 1986. After closure (obviously) the winding wheel was erected as a permanent memorial on the Leicester Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.738971
Longitude
-1.354185