Installing a cage at Hickleton Main pit, Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist: Michael Walters

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Installing a cage at Hickleton Main pit, Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire, 1961. During the drive to improve the pits in the South Yorkshire area during the 1950s and 1960s, the National Coal Board undertook many large projects. In this photograph, engineers from Norwest Constructon are preparing to install a cage in the coal winder at the Hickleton Main colliery.

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Size: 5239px × 4010px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,South Yorkshire,Doncaster,Thurnscoe
Photo credit: © Worldwide Photography/Heritage-Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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