Ashington Colliery, 1967
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Ashington Colliery, 1967
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 17 Apr 1967
This was one of the largest of the Northumberland collieries, the town of Ashington being considered at its peak to be the “world's largest coal-mining village". The view was taken in the course of an arranged visit to photograph the steam locomotives, of which there were several at work, even on a Saturday. Despite the extent of the colliery itself, today there does not appear to be a single surviving building of any sort.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.185941
Longitude
-1.585673