Old and New Cook's Kitchen Shafts
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Old and New Cook's Kitchen Shafts
Image: © Tony Atkin Taken: 3 Mar 2007
The derelict engine house in the foreground is part of the old Cook's Kitchen Mine while the modern winding gear in the background is the headframe over the New Cook's Kitchen Shaft which was sunk in 1907. This was the main shaft for South Crofty Mine until it closed in 1998.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.219209
Longitude
-5.274741