Wall Hey furnace ventilation shaft
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Wall Hey furnace ventilation shaft
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 4 Jun 2013
Built at the top of a mine shaft some 650 feet deep at the bottom of which a furnace would be lit. The updraught would draw fresh air into the mine through a different shaft to provide ventilation. A rare survivor of this type of chimney, Listed Grade II.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.573981
Longitude
-2.59043