Coal Mine Collection

Coal Miner
A miner pushing a coal truck, 1878. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dereliction
8th January 1955: The derelict buildings and discarded machinery of a worked-out coal mine near Wigan, Lancashire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7467 - Problem Of A Dying Coalfield - pub

Persberg Mines, Sweden
Engraved illustrations of Mining from Iconographic Encyclopedia of Science, Literature and Art, Published in 1851. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

Coal miners, wood engraving, published in 1877
Workers in the coal mine. Wood engraving, published in 1877

Blantyre Mining Disaster
The list of the dead is read outside miners cottages at Blantyre Colliery in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, after a gas explosion killed 207 miners on 2nd October 1877

Idle Pit
A man looks over a fence to the deserted Gorki pit near Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, south Wales, during a strike over pay by 100, 000 miners, 9th March 1944

Illustration of cross-section through a coal mine

Cross section illustration of pit mine showing elevators moving up and down in mine shaft, and train of coal below

Steam elevator from Otis brothers in New York

Transmission elevator
Antique illustration of a Transmission elevator

Miners using big hydraulic chisels
Antique illustration of a miners using big hydraulic chisels

Mine industry
Antique ilustration of a mineworkers working in coal mine

Coal mine showing two shafts, coal miners lift, and lift to transport coal to surface, diagram

Coal mine

Illustration of coal being loaded onto train

Old church at night

Coal Baskets
December 1910: Coal baskets travelling on wire pulleys at the Bargoed Colliery in Wales. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Miners Safety
October 1908: A man demonstrating Shamrock safety gear for the coal mining industry. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Colliery Disaster
19th August 1908: A crowd gathers at the pit head during a colliery disaster in Wigan. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Safety Apparatus
October 1908: Workmen attending a demonstration of Simons safety apparatus, for use in the coal mining industry. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Queuing Miners
circa 1906: Chinese miners queuing for food rations at their colliery. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Army At Tonypandy
1910: Military tents at the colliery during the Tonypandy strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Coal Wagons
29th August 1907: Coal trucks awaiting shipment from Grimsby Brickpit Sidings, during the great coal crisis. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Welsh Coal Mine
December 1910: Steam billowing out of the coal mine at Bargoed near Cardiff. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Coal Barge
25th April 1917: A motor coal barge on Regents Canal unloading its cargo. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Coke ovens, Ruhr area
World cultural heritage coal mine and coke oven ZollvereinFor many visitors this is the highlight of their city break to the Ruhr Area

Coal Whimsey
An engine drawing coal, or a coal whimsey, at the Staffordshire Collieries. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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