A window on the winding tower
Introduction
The photograph on this page of A window on the winding tower by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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A window on the winding tower
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 29 Sep 2021
The disused Middle Engine Pit colliery winding tower is open to the elements, leaving it on Historic England's 'At Risk' list. The pit opened in 1790 and provided work for many generations of villagers, but closed around the turn of the 1900s. The remains of the site and its buildings were largely neglected or demolished for the new town centre, but those that have survived are some of the finest nineteenth century colliery heritage in the country. Grade II listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.434325
Longitude
-2.751885