Snibston Colliery
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Snibston Colliery
Image: © John M Taken: 7 Mar 2014
The tandem headgear is surrounded by scaffolding for extensive maintenance. I remember inspecting this from a large hydraulic platform in the late 1980s. The structure was severely corroded as little maintenance had been carried out since closure.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.726712
Longitude
-1.381611