Stocking the coal
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Stocking the coal
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 18 Sep 2022
Ram Hill colliery removed around 10,000 tons a year at its height in the mid nineteenth century. The deposits would have been piled here beside the Dramway, where it would be packed onto carts and sent off down the line to the river.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.520339
Longitude
-2.464037