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Duplicate entires confuse people! Description: This is a photograph of the opening of the new colliery baths at Ellington Colliery, Ellington, Northumberland by Deborah Bramley, The Northumberland Coal Queen. Until recently I'd been looking at a fantastic interactive map of coal mines in the UK - giving the names, ownership and operating dates of all the mines. Explore West Yorkshire Archive Service's photos on Flickr. just searching by name, or by combining with other search parameters. The American Geosciences Institute represents and serves the geoscience community by providing collaborative leadership and information to connect Earth, science, and people. All inputs are optional, use as many or as few as you wish. See more ideas about Coal mining, Coal, Colliery. You can combine all inputs, e.g. Coal consumption in 2018 was 11.9 million tonnes, of which 6.7 million tonnes were used for electricity generation, with the iron and steel industry being another large consumer. I love those old wagons. The Drift at Gomersal Colliery.

The Coal Mines Act of 1930 created the Coal Mines Reorganisation Commission to try and achieve this, but colliery owners blocked the scheme and the Commission was dissolved in 1936.

Banks Mining’s open cast site near Dipton, Co Durham, will extract its last coal on Monday. MADAM, – It is now 20 years since Silverdale Colliery was initially closed by British Coal in December, 1993. Commonly available data include: Additional layers include the age and rank of coal fields, and the bounding lines between different coal provinces. Date: 1982 This photograph is part of a set that explores the tradition and history of Coal Queens, their place in the local community and the fashion of the times in which the competition took place. All rights reserved. The company was based in Harworth, in Nottinghamshire.The company was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.The successor company that contains the former property division, Harworth Group, is still listed on the London Stock Exchange The interactive map contains over 250,000 data points, each typically representing a core sample, drill hole, or driller's log in a specific location. Use the tools below to search for mines, quarries & sites. Merthyr Vale Colliery 1985. the last shift before Margret Thatcher Closed all of the mines. They were kindly donated by Heather Wood, at the time chairwoman of SEAM (Save Easington Area Mines) who set up a support network to help miners and their families. Before adding a new mine/quarry/site please can you use the search tools to ensure it is not already in the database? Coal from Wheldale Colliery was moved by rail to the washery at Fryston. The drift was built in 1967. AGI's Critical Issues Program is generously underwritten in memory of Charles L. Weiner. This detailed map of England and Wales, created by engineer W Smith in 1820, provides an insight into the country’s rapid industrialisation in the early 19th century. UK Coal Production Ltd, formerly UK Coal plc, was the largest coal mining business in the United Kingdom.

Recently Beamish received a fantastic collection of objects relating to the 1984 Miner's Strike. The pit closed in 1973. [808x1333], Allerton Bywater Colliery, West Yorkshire.

The 'Wheldale Austerity' (Hunslet 3168/44) steam loco at Fryston Colliery in 1981. Indigenous production was almost entirely from surface mines.

American Geosciences Institute. The U.S. Geological Survey's National Coal Resources Data System comes with an interactive map that provides a huge amount of information on the distribution, thickness, and classification of coal in the United States.

The U.S. Geological Survey's National Coal Resources Data System comes with an interactive map that provides a huge amount of information on the distribution, thickness, and classification of coal in the United States. Located between Bradford and Dewsbury near Oakwell Hall, the shafts were sunk in 1911. Having worked in industry through the 70s and 80s, I think the NCB must have been the only major industry in the UK able to get away with this level of mess and chaos in a working environment. You can combine all inputs, e.g. National Coal Board North Yorkshire Area 1991 (by Martin Jenkinson). You can use the "Filter" tool to focus in on specific areas, or on data collected by specific organizations. West Yorkshire Archive Service has uploaded 540 photos to Flickr. Sunderland Public Libraries has uploaded 309 photos to Flickr. The interactive map contains over 250,000 data points, each typically representing a core sample, drill hole, or driller's log in a specific location. This began in Easington Colliery but quickly developed into a larger operation as the strike went on. 'cwmorthin', use 'Sounds like search' if unsure of spelling, Tip: narrow down your search by typing more than one word and selecting 'Search for all words' or 'Exact search', AditNow - the definitive online resource for the, Mine explorer and mining history videos on YouTube, Connect with other mine explorers on Facebook.