IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Solway Road, WHITEHAVEN, CA28 9AW
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Solway Road, CA28 9AW 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 (49 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Steam winding engine, Haig Pit
This is the bigger of the two Bever, Dorling winding engines. Installed 1920 but not commissioned until 1933. Stopped 1986. Cylinders 40" bore x 7' stroke. Drum is 21' diameter.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 5 Nov 1986
0.15 miles
3
Haig Colliery - No. 5 shaft winder
This colliery was still producing in 1983 and had two Bever Dorling & Co Ltd steam winding engines hard at work. This is the larger of the two engines and was the coal-puller. This was built in 1920 but not brought into use until 1933. The drop valve cylinders were 40" x 7' and the parallel drum was 21' diameter. The elephant tubing is to cool the main bearing, which must have been running warm.The engine was retired in 1986 and preserved as part of a museum project that subsequently failed. The site is still in use as an enterprise park.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 18 Jul 1983
0.17 miles
4
Haig Colliery
Haig Pit taken on a school field trip in 1979
Image: © Simon Harmsworth
Taken: 22 Mar 1979
0.17 miles
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Haig Colliery
Haig Pit taken on a school field trip in 1979
Image: © Simon Harmsworth
Taken: 22 Mar 1979
0.17 miles
6
Winding engine - Haig colliery
A view of the man winding engine, built in 1916 by Bever and Dorling of Bradford.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 7 Jul 2015
0.17 miles
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Haig Colliery - Whitehaven
The former colliery is now a museum focused on the story of the West Cumbrian coalfield. The colliery ran until the 1980s under full steam power (see other photos on geograph). The mine exploited deposits under the sea which are currently being re-explored by modern exploration methods. It is hoped to open a drift mine towards the end of the decade and mine the vast undersea resources of coking coal in demand by European steelworks.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 23 Jun 2015
0.17 miles
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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
0.18 miles
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Winding engine - Haig Colliery
A view of the man winding engine - 100 years old next year.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 7 Jul 2015
0.18 miles
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Haig Colliery
The skip shaft headgear survives.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 7 Nov 2015
0.18 miles