IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Basket Road, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 9AJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Basket Road, CA28 9AJ by members 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 over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (54 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
Houses on Basket Road
Seen from across the reclaimed land that was once the colliery of Haig and King pits.
Image: © Mick Garratt
Taken: 30 Oct 2008
0.08 miles
2
Winding engine - Haig Colliery
Former man winding engine - 100 next year.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 7 Jul 2015
0.09 miles
4
Man winding engine - Haig Colliery
This is a Bever and Dorling (of Bradford) winding engine. The winding gear for the man riding shaft was demolished in the 1980s when the pit closed. The museum retains both winding engines although only this one is open for public viewing.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 7 Jul 2015
0.09 miles
5
Haig Colliery
Haig Pit taken on a school field trip in 1979
Image: © Simon Harmsworth
Taken: 22 Mar 1979
0.09 miles
6
Steam winding engine, Haig Colliery
This is the smaller Bever, Dorling engine, built 1916. 30" x 5' with a 14' drum. Stopped 1986. Now preserved and workable by compressed air. Several of my colleagues have driven this on compressed air (don't think I have).
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 5 Nov 1986
0.10 miles
7
Haig Pit, Whitehaven
A 1916 built Browett, Lindley inverted vertical duplex engine preserved in the basement of one of the winding engines.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 29 Jun 2002
0.10 miles
8
Haig Pit Mining Museum
Sadly, financial problems have forced this Cumbria coal mining museum to close less than a year after it reopened following a major redevelopment.
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/13012016-cumbrian-mining-museum-faces-closure
Image: © Russel Wills
Taken: 7 Jun 2018
0.10 miles
9
Haig Colliery
The skip shaft headgear survives.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 7 Nov 2015
0.10 miles
10
Man winding engine - Haig colliery
A view of the man winding engine at the colliery. An impressive machine by a little known maker.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 7 Jul 2015
0.10 miles