Cardowan Colliery
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Cardowan Colliery
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 26 Apr 1982
Long gone. Both shafts were wound by a steam winding engine and there was a disused steam loco on the siding. I never saw a colliery loco at work but I did witness the final years of the colliery steam winding engine.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.890198
Longitude
-4.134574