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Wath Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1956. Artist: Michael Walters
Wath Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1956. The pit was originally sunk in 1876 to a depth of 382 yards and deepened in 1912 the reach the higher quality coal of the Park Gate seam. In the late 1950s the pit was connected by a diesel roadway to Manvers Main colliery, from where coal mined at Wath was brought to the surface. The last coal was mined in Wath in 1986 and just prior to closure around 400, 000 tonnes per year were being produced.
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AR993877
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3625px × 4819px
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1950s
20th century
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Britain
British
building
BUILDINGS
Coal
Coal Industry
COAL MINE
Coal mining
colliery
country
COUNTY
DECADE
England
English
Exterior
FIFTIES
Fuel
INDUSTRIAL
Industry
LOCATION
MICHAEL
Michael Walters
MINE
Monochrome
National Coal Board
NCB
OUTSIDE
Paul Walters Worldwide Photography Ltd.
Photograph
PIT
pit head
pithead
Rotherham
Smokestack
south yorkshire
TGN
Walters
Walter's Industrial Archive
Wath Main Colliery
Wath upon Dearne
YORKSHIRE