John Shaft

The concrete cap on the John Shaft of Hamsterley Colliery. The shaft was sunk around the turn of the twentieth century. It was sunk to a depth of 84ft at the lowest point of the pit royalty in order to provide a pumping shaft to drain the workings.

This photograph is by sparty_lea and was uploaded June 24^th 2009. © sparty_lea please do not copy or distribute without prior express permission.

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