The circular concrete building being the stand bye fan house.To the right of the shaft was the "new", fan house.The covered building in the fore ground was a tippler, which loaded stone on to conveyors which took it into the hopper on the left. Which was then loaded into lorries.This & other other equipment was installed to remove "waste", from the mine, created by the development of the Haigh Moor seam.Despite spending millions, the coal faces had major geological faults & couldn't be worked.This meant closure in 1985, a sad day for many. (If I remember rightly. I had to climb up a floodlight tower, to get the shot).
This photograph is by SPARKY JS and was uploaded September 12th 2013. © SPARKY JS please do not copy or distribute without prior express permission.
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