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Colliery Collection

Background imageColliery Collection: Cotgrave Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters

Cotgrave Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Cotgrave Colliery, Nottinghamshire, 1963. Cotgrave Colliery opened in 1963 and was worked for only thirty years until is finaly closed in 1993

Background imageColliery Collection: Markham Main Colliery, Armthorpe, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1961

Markham Main Colliery, Armthorpe, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1961. A general view of the colliery taken during refurbishment work in 1961

Background imageColliery Collection: Lea Hall Colliery and Rugeley A Power Station, Staffordshire, 1963

Lea Hall Colliery and Rugeley A Power Station, Staffordshire, 1963

Background imageColliery Collection: R Colin Snow coal merchants wagon, Barnburgh Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist

R Colin Snow coal merchants wagon, Barnburgh Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist
R Colin Snow coal merchants wagon, Barnburgh Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1961. Snows were one of the many coal merchants operating in the South Yorkshire area, selling locally mined coal

Background imageColliery Collection: Wath Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1956. Artist

Wath Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1956. Artist
Wath Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1956

Background imageColliery Collection: Frickley Colliery, South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters

Frickley Colliery, South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters
Frickley Colliery, South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, 1965

Background imageColliery Collection: Balloting for the coal strike, Wheatsheaf Colliery

Balloting for the coal strike, Wheatsheaf Colliery, Pendlebury, near Manchester, January 1912, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Background imageColliery Collection: The Colliery, Beamish Museum, Stanley, County Durham

The Colliery, Beamish Museum, Stanley, County Durham. The Beamish Museum is an open air museum devoted to recreating life in a northern Industrial town in the early 20th century

Background imageColliery Collection: Manvers Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist

Manvers Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Manvers Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Taken for a cover image for the NCB Coal Quarterly Magazine, the photograph shows the head gear at the colliery

Background imageColliery Collection: Queen Mary visiting a Welsh colliery, 1935

Queen Mary visiting a Welsh colliery, 1935. A print from King Emperors Jubilee, 1910-1935, by FGH Salusbury, Daily Express Publications, London, 1935

Background imageColliery Collection: Collieries, c1805

Collieries, c1805. Pithead scene at a coal mine. At the bottom a horse whim is raising coal from the pit and a man is breaking coal with a pick

The Leycett Colliery Disaster, near Newcastle-Under-Lyne: the pit after the explosion, 1880

The Leycett Colliery Disaster, near Newcastle-Under-Lyne: the explosion, 1880

The Leycett Colliery Disaster: friends of the miners waiting at the pit mouth, 1880

Background imageColliery Collection: The Morley Main Colliery, near Dewsbury, after the explosion, 1872. Creator: Unknown

The Morley Main Colliery, near Dewsbury, after the explosion, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The Morley Main Colliery, near Dewsbury, after the explosion, 1872

Background imageColliery Collection: The Pelsall Hall Colliery, near Walsall, the scene of the flooding, 1872. Creator: Unknown

The Pelsall Hall Colliery, near Walsall, the scene of the flooding, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The Pelsall Hall Colliery, near Walsall, the scene of the flooding, 1872

Background imageColliery Collection: Opening the Mayo Colliery at Gogose, Chandah, India, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Opening the Mayo Colliery at Gogose, Chandah, India, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Opening the Mayo Colliery at Gogose, Chandah, Central Provinces, India, 1870. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. H

Background imageColliery Collection: The dumper that overturns a coal-truck every two minutes

The dumper that overturns a coal-truck every two minutes: the remarkable machine at Sewall's [sic] Point Pier emptying a truck, 1909

Background imageColliery Collection: A Blenkinsop Locomotive at a Yorkshire Colliery, 1814, (1945). Creator: Unknown

A Blenkinsop Locomotive at a Yorkshire Colliery, 1814, (1945). Creator: Unknown
A Blenkinsop Locomotive at a Yorkshire Colliery, 1814, (1945). Man smoking a pipe, and a Blenkinsop steam locomotive at Middleton colliery near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Background imageColliery Collection: Finleyville - at mouth of mine, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Finleyville - at mouth of mine, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Finleyville - at mouth of mine, 1913. Shows people at the Cincinnati coal mine, located near Finleyville, Pennsylvania, where a fire and explosion resulted in the deaths of 97 miners on April 23, 1913

Background imageColliery Collection: Cardiff mine disaster, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Cardiff mine disaster, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Cardiff mine disaster, 1913. Shows the Sengenydd Colliery Disaster, Sengenydd, Wales. 439 men died in an explosion or from being trapped in the damaged shafts on 14 October 1913

Background imageColliery Collection: Coal miners, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Coal miners, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Coal miners, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageColliery Collection: Miners among coal boxes, S. Wilkes-Barre, PA. 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Miners among coal boxes, S. Wilkes-Barre, PA. 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Miners among coal boxes, S. Wilkes-Barre, PA. 1912

Background imageColliery Collection: Coal mine idle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Coal mine idle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Coal mine idle, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageColliery Collection: Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageColliery Collection: British coal strike - Llwynpia

British coal strike - Llwynpia, South Wales. A colliery village. between c1910 and c1915. Shows the town of Llwynypia, Wales

Background imageColliery Collection: Miners leaving entrance to coal mine near Scranton, PA. 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Miners leaving entrance to coal mine near Scranton, PA. 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Miners leaving entrance to coal mine near Scranton, PA. 1912

Background imageColliery Collection: The fatal explosion at St. Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The fatal explosion at St. Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The fatal explosion at St. Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley: trench cut to the Dearne and the Dove Canal for the purpose of flooding the pit, 1862

Background imageColliery Collection: The explosion on Wednesday week at Edmund's Main Colliery

The explosion on Wednesday week at Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. Instantly a dense column of black smoke sprang from the cupola, like a gigantic tower, towards heaven

Background imageColliery Collection: The Page Bank Colliery-pit on Fire, 1858. Creator: Unknown

The Page Bank Colliery-pit on Fire, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Page Bank Colliery-pit on Fire, 1858. Industrial accident near Durham

Background imageColliery Collection: The Lund Hill Colliery Explosion: Mouth of the Downcast Shaft, 1857. Creator: Unknown

The Lund Hill Colliery Explosion: Mouth of the Downcast Shaft, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Lund Hill Colliery Explosion: Mouth of the Downcast Shaft, 1857. Preparations to recover bodies after mining disaster in Barnsley

Background imageColliery Collection: The Explosion at Lund Hill Colliery, Barnsley, 1857. Creator: Unknown

The Explosion at Lund Hill Colliery, Barnsley, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Explosion at Lund Hill Colliery, Barnsley, 1857

Background imageColliery Collection: Lundhill Colliery, Barnsley, the Scene of the Recent Explosion, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Lundhill Colliery, Barnsley, the Scene of the Recent Explosion, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Lundhill Colliery, Barnsley, the Scene of the Recent Explosion, 1857. Sightseers after a mining disaster

Background imageColliery Collection: Les terrils de Sacré Madame, 1897. Creator: Maximilien Luce

Les terrils de Sacré Madame, 1897. Creator: Maximilien Luce
Les terrils de Sacre Madame, 1897. The slag heaps of Sacre Madame. Coal mine in the western suburbs of Charleroi

Background imageColliery Collection: The employment of women at pit mouths - breakfast time, 1886. Creator: Unknown

The employment of women at pit mouths - breakfast time, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The employment of women at pit mouths - breakfast time, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageColliery Collection: Pendulum-Room at the Bottom of the Harton Coal-Pit, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Pendulum-Room at the Bottom of the Harton Coal-Pit, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Pendulum-Room at the Bottom of the Harton Coal-Pit, 1854. Experiment to determine the weight of the Earth

Background imageColliery Collection: Mouth of the Harton Coal-Pit, South Shields, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Mouth of the Harton Coal-Pit, South Shields, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Mouth of the Harton Coal-Pit, South Shields, 1854. Mr

Background imageColliery Collection: Entrance to the Coal-Mine of Heraclea, on the Black Sea, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Entrance to the Coal-Mine of Heraclea, on the Black Sea, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Entrance to the Coal-Mine of Heraclea, on the Black Sea, 1854. Fuel for allied ships during the Crimean War

Background imageColliery Collection: Company housing, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Company housing, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Company housing. Rent approximately eight dollars monthly in Utah coal town

Background imageColliery Collection: Home and family of a Utah coal miner...near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home and family of a Utah coal miner...near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home and family of a Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageColliery Collection: Main street, Utah coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street, Utah coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street, Utah coal town. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageColliery Collection: Home and family of a Utah coal miner...near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home and family of a Utah coal miner...near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home and family of a Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageColliery Collection: Utah coal mining town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Utah coal mining town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Utah coal mining town. Consumers, near Price, Utah. "Dumping grounds of the West"

Background imageColliery Collection: Housing in Utah coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Housing in Utah coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Housing in Utah coal town

Background imageColliery Collection: Blue Blaze coal mine, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Blue Blaze coal mine, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Blue Blaze coal mine. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageColliery Collection: Company housing in coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Company housing in coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Company housing in coal town

Background imageColliery Collection: Miners coming home, Blue Blaze mine

Miners coming home, Blue Blaze mine
Blue Blaze mine. Consumers, mining town near Price, Utah. Miners coming home

Background imageColliery Collection: Company housing, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Company housing, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Company housing. Rent approximately eight dollars monthly in Utah coal town

Background imageColliery Collection: Company housing in coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Company housing in coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Company housing in coal town

Background imageColliery Collection: Main street in a Utah coal mining settlement

Main street in a Utah coal mining settlement. Consumers, near Price

Background imageColliery Collection: View of company-owned houses, Utah coal town

View of company-owned houses, Utah coal town
Consumers, near Price, Utah. View of company-owned houses. Utah coal town

Background imageColliery Collection: Blue Blaze coal mine, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Blue Blaze coal mine, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers. Blue Blaze coal mine. Near Price, Utah

Background imageColliery Collection: Main street, Utah coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street, Utah coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street, Utah coal town. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageColliery Collection: Utah coal miners houses, Blue Blaze mine

Utah coal miners houses, Blue Blaze mine
Utah coal miners houses. Consumer, near Price, Utah. Blue Blaze mine

Background imageColliery Collection: Blue Blaze mine, coal town, company houses

Blue Blaze mine, coal town, company houses. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageColliery Collection: Miner's housing, company-owned

Miner's housing, company-owned, in Utah coal town. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageColliery Collection: Company housing, Utah coal town

Company housing, Utah coal town. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageColliery Collection: Home and family of a Utah coal miner

Home and family of a Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageColliery Collection: Utah coal miner's house, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Utah coal miner's house, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Utah coal miner's house. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageColliery Collection: Utah coal mining, Consumers near Price, Utah. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Utah coal mining, Consumers near Price, Utah. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Utah coal mining town. Consumers, near Price, Utah. "Dumping grounds of the West"

Background imageColliery Collection: Utah coal miner, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Utah coal miner, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageColliery Collection: Utah coal town housing, Consumers near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Utah coal town housing, Consumers near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Utah coal town housing. Consumers, near Price, Utah. Mines owned and controlled by absentee capital in the East

Background imageColliery Collection: Coal industry on January 1, 1933, 1934. Creator: Mikhail Alekseevich TSvetkov

Coal industry on January 1, 1933, 1934. Creator: Mikhail Alekseevich TSvetkov
Coal industry on January 1, 1933, 1934. From the atlas "Industry of the USSR at the beginning of the 2nd Five-Year Plan

Background imageColliery Collection: Coal industry on January 1, 1933, 1934. Creator: Mikhail Alekseevich TSvetkov

Coal industry on January 1, 1933, 1934. Creator: Mikhail Alekseevich TSvetkov
Coal industry on January 1, 1933, 1934. From the atlas "Industry of the USSR at the beginning of the 2nd Five-Year Plan

Background imageColliery Collection: Exiled Convicts Hauling Coal in the Yards of the Due Coal Mine

Exiled Convicts Hauling Coal in the Yards of the Due Coal Mine, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imageColliery Collection: Due Coal Mine Alekseevsky Drift, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky

Due Coal Mine Alekseevsky Drift, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Due Coal Mine Alekseevsky Drift, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imageColliery Collection: At the Saliuktin mines, on the outskirts of Samarkand

At the Saliuktin mines, on the outskirts of Samarkand
At the Saliuktin (or Salyukta?) mines, on the outskirts of Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Horse-drawn cart in front of snow-covered cliff

Background imageColliery Collection: The Fatal Accident at New Hartley Colliery: view from the railway

The Fatal Accident at New Hartley Colliery: view from the railway, taken shortly after the catastrophe, 1862

Background imageColliery Collection: The Fatal Accident at New Hartley Colliery: removal of the coffins containing the bodies

The Fatal Accident at New Hartley Colliery: removal of the coffins containing the bodies, 1862

Background imageColliery Collection: The New Hartley Pit Calamity: the funeral procession leaving Colliery Row for Earsdon

The New Hartley Pit Calamity: the funeral procession leaving Colliery Row for Earsdon Churchyard, 1862

Background imageColliery Collection: 'To The Rescue'-- An Episode of a Colliery Disaster, 1886. Creator: Unknown

"To The Rescue"-- An Episode of a Colliery Disaster, 1886. Creator: Unknown
" To The Rescue" -- An Episode of a Colliery Disaster, 1886. From " The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageColliery Collection: The Disastrous Colliery Explosion at Llanerch

The Disastrous Colliery Explosion at Llanerch, Monmouthshire; General view of the Works just after the explosion, 1890

Background imageColliery Collection: The Widows of Courrieres, 1909. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen

The Widows of Courrieres, 1909. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
The Widows of Courrieres, 1909

Background imageColliery Collection: Two Spouted Torch, c. 1942. Creator: William Frank

Two Spouted Torch, c. 1942. Creator: William Frank
Two Spouted Torch, c. 1942

Background imageColliery Collection: Coal Mines, Monceau, France, 1911. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Coal Mines, Monceau, France, 1911. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Coal Mines, Monceau, France, 1911

Background imageColliery Collection: The Coal Mine, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell

The Coal Mine, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Coal Mine, 1916

Background imageColliery Collection: Coal Breaker on the River, 1910. Creator: Joseph Pennell

Coal Breaker on the River, 1910. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Coal Breaker on the River, 1910

Background imageColliery Collection: Haswell Colliery explosion - burial of the dead, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Haswell Colliery explosion - burial of the dead, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Haswell Colliery explosion - burial of the dead, 1844. On 28 September 1844, 95 men and boys were killed in an explosion at Haswell Colliery in County Durham

Background imageColliery Collection: Haswell Colliery - the scene of the late awful explosion, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Haswell Colliery - the scene of the late awful explosion, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Haswell Colliery - the scene of the late awful explosion, 1844. On 28 September 1844, 95 men and boys were killed in an explosion at Haswell Colliery in County Durham

Background imageColliery Collection: Volunteer going to retrieve bodies in the Gresford Colliery disaster, Wales, 1935

Volunteer going to retrieve bodies in the Gresford Colliery disaster, Wales, 1935. A man with a gas mask recieving last-minute instructions

Background imageColliery Collection: Firedamp explosion, 1932. Creator: Unknown

Firedamp explosion, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Firedamp explosion, 1932. Coup de Grisou. On 9 December 1932, 7 miners were killed in an explosion at Cortonwood Colliery in South Yorkshire. An 8th man died later

Background imageColliery Collection: Rowland Hill preaching to the colliers of Kingswood

Rowland Hill preaching to the colliers of Kingswood, Bristol, c1772 (c1890). From " Cassells History of England - Special Edition, Vol

Background imageColliery Collection: Rossington Colliery, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters

Rossington Colliery, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Rossington Colliery, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1964. The main pit head and winding gear at Rossington Colliery

Background imageColliery Collection: The Fatal Accident at New Hartley Colliery: Mr

The Fatal Accident at New Hartley Colliery: Mr. William Shields, Master Sinker, 1862



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