Collieries Gallery

Collieries at Langwith, Norwood and Glapwell in North Derbyshire

Printed by Pawson and Brailsford.Glapwell Colliery, near Chesterfield closed in the early 1970s. Norwood Colliery, near Killamarsh closed in 1943. Langwith Colliery, near Whaley Thorns, closed in August 1978

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Coal, Collieries, Colliery, Engravings, Glapwell, Industrial, Industry, Landscapes, Langwith, Norwood

A Pit, Backworth (oil on canvas)

TW426800 A Pit, Backworth (oil on canvas) by English School, (19th century); 43x54 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: A pit at Backworth, near Shiremoor, North Tyneside, opened in 1818; It was the first of 8 pits at Backworth; The winding gear to move miners and bring coal up from the pit can be seen in the centre of the picture; Beside it is the winding-gear engine house with its tall, smoking chimney; The coal wagons at the front of the picture are being hauled on a rope using a stationary engine. This system was used from 1823-67; The picture is thought to have been painted for a stable keeper at the colliery;); A© Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright

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Whimsey or engine drawing coal in the Staffordshire Collieries, from Cyclopaedia

KW468238 Whimsey or engine drawing coal in the Staffordshire Collieries, from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures by Charles Tomlinson (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; Ken Welsh; English, out of copyright

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Cart, Chimney, Chimneys, Coal Mine, Collieries, Colliery, England, English, Horse, Horses, Industrial, Industry, Landscape, Machine, Machinery, Machines, Miner, Miners, Staffordshire, Work, Workers, Working