Ashington Colliery, 1967
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Ashington Colliery, 1967 by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Ashington Colliery, 1967
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 17 Apr 1967
One of my favourite industrial/railway photos of all time – all rather desolate, the huge spoil tip and the aerial ropeway, combined with a nice industrial steam locomotive. The spoil tip has been completely flattened/removed and the area planted to become a community woodland.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
55.186273
Longitude
-1.577817