Pleasley Colliery, roadheader
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Pleasley Colliery, roadheader
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 7 May 2023
Drilling machine used to create a new underground roadway or heading. The multi-tipped drill would cut the rock or coal and the row of black vanes would be circulating around the drill head to transfer the detritus to tubs or a conveyor at the rear of the machine.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.174198
Longitude
-1.255062