Moorgreen Colliery Industrial Site
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Moorgreen Colliery Industrial Site by Garth Newton as part of the Geograph project.
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Moorgreen Colliery Industrial Site
Image: © Garth Newton Taken: 31 Aug 2005
Moorgreen Colliery was established in 1865 and was owned by the Barber and Walker families. It was the last in the area to close in 1985 and since the closure, an industrial site has grown up on the site.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.025186
Longitude
-1.28909