Shaft, Tatham
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Shaft, Tatham
Image: © Ian Taylor Taken: 9 Feb 2013
This small shaft is about 5m deep and has running water at the bottom. Many people would probably assume it is a well, but who would build a well a few yards from a river? The bottom is stained with what I assume is iron oxide. There used to be coal mines SE from here. According to the local history website (http://www.tathamhistory.org.uk/colliery-tatham.php ), a drainage level was dug which ran to the river about here. When the river was diverted and the railway was built, presumably this drain was extended in a new culvert under the railway.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.119261
Longitude
-2.595403