Fence around Haswell Engine House
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Fence around Haswell Engine House
Image: © Roger Muggleton Taken: 27 Dec 2019
Easily missed, faces on the metal fence protecting the ruins of Haswell Colliery Engine House. In 1844 an underground explosion killed 95 men and boys working in the pit, only 6 survived. There is a carved stone memorial here, to the left in my photo, but the loss of life is also marked by the faces on the fence.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.77334
Longitude
-1.421702