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Coal Mining

Last updated: 22nd March 2017

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Guss and Crook
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Lower Conygre Pit. The chimney being demolished probably in 1910.
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Lower Conygre Pit
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Lower Conygre Pit
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Lower Conygre Pit
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Lower Conygre Pit. This is an early picture showing full trucks being lowered down the incline. Notice the chain between the tracks which used to do this.
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Lower Conygre Pit
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Lower Conygre Pit. Picture of the pithead where the trucks have been loaded into the cage ready to be lowered for filling.
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Lower Conygre Pit. This shows the brick chimney which replaced the previous stone one.
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Lower Conygre Pit
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Lower Conygre Pit
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Lower Conygre Pit
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Upper Conygre Pit. The first shaft was sunk in 1791. It was at this pit that the largest lump of coal was raised – 25 cwt.
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Upper Conygre Pit
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Upper Conygre Pit
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Miners
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Timsbury Coal Wagons
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Timsbury Coal Wagons
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Timsbury Coal Wagons
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Timsbury Coal Wagons
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Timsbury Colliery Rescue Brigade

 

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