tarboat

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Posted: 23 Mar 2015


Taken: 30 Jul 2006

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Derbyshire Derbyshire


Mining Heritage Mining Heritage


Abandoned Places Abandoned Places


Old industry Old industry


Abandoned Abandoned


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abandoned
derelict
disused
industry
mining
coal
derbyshire
butterley
swanwick


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Western Pit

Western Pit
Western Pit worked coal and ironstone for the Butterley Company and later acted as a ventilation shaft for the nearby Britain Pit. Western Pit mined the Deep Soft Coal at 162 yards deep, the Deep Hard Coal at 188 yards deep, the Low Main Coal at 246 yards deep and the Black Shale Coal at 288 yards deep.

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 Cold War Warrior
Cold War Warrior
Good to see industrial archaeology preserved.
9 years ago.
tarboat club has replied to Cold War Warrior
Not so much preserved as abandoned.
9 years ago.

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