Colliery winding wheel. Memorial to the former Wellington Mine. Whitehaven, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.

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Wellington pit was sunk in 1840 and was closed in 1933. The largest local coal mining disaster was in 1910 at Wellington pit where 136 miners lost their lives.

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: coal, colliery, memorial, mining, wellington, wheel, whitehaven, winding