THE HERITAGE IMAGE REGISTER»Fletcher-Burrows Collieries Private Collection c1906

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HRS 1503 Coalmining, Wagon road Chanters Atherton

The photo shows an elevated wagon-way where coal tubs where hauled along on an endless-chain system. The system has been stopped to take the photograph which shows men standing by the full wagons, the boy on the right is in an empty wagon.

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Keywords:atherton, chanters, chimneys, coal mining, coal-mining, coalmining, endless-chain, haulage, miners, wagon roads, winding-gear

HRS 1503 Coalmining, Wagon road Chanters Atherton