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Colliery overview / Underground

The underground workings consist of roadways leading to the coal faces from the pit bottom and ventilation airways. The coal is cut from the face and transported along the roadways to the pit bottom and hauled up the shafts.

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More men please! Hesketh Cockshead dip Too much pressure Pit bottom swithchboard
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Coal face
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Pit bottom swithchboard (24KB)