Astley Green Colliery Museum - historic pump

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Astley Green Colliery Museum - historic pump

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 13 Aug 2006

Some of the pieces of a rotative steam pump known as Peggy's Pump and recovered from underground at Bickershaw Colliery, Leigh. These are stored in a railway waggon

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.494783
Longitude
-2.44779