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Default chatterley whitfield colliery, Stoke (08/10) - 12-09-2010, 00:59

Havent posted in a while, so thought id throw some of my latest shit your way.

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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery is a disused coal-mine in Stoke-on-Trent. It was the largest in
North Staffordshire, and was the first colliery to produce 1,000,000 tons of saleable coal in a year.
In 1974 it was decided that Chatterley Whitfield coal could be more easily worked from Wolstanton
Colliery and an underground roadway was driven to join the two pits. In 1976 coal drawing at
Chatterley Whitfield came to an end. Two years later, a Trust was formed to establish the
Chatterley Whitfield Mining Museum. The Museum, which offered an underground tour to visitors,
operated for twelve years, but finally closed in August 1991 because of drainage problems.
































This is only a selection of what i saw...

Thanks for looking,
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