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Oil Well
June 1919: Storage tank and derrick at Anglo-Mexican oil wells in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Pit Notice
February 1912: Young miners and their brothers read a notice outside a mine in Wigan during the miners strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

On The Verge
July 1912: Families waiting by the roadside for news of survivors from the Cadsby Colliery disaster watching an ambulance returning to the pithead. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Coal Baskets
December 1910: Coal baskets travelling on wire pulleys at the Bargoed Colliery in Wales. (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)

Lead Picking
circa 1909: Fluorspar lead picking, Derbyshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Steam
circa 1910: A release of steam at the Bargoed Colliery in Wales. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Colliery Disaster
circa 1927: A general view of the Ebbw Vale Colliery, where forty miners where killed by an explosion in the pit. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Grimsby Harbour
March 1907: Grimsby fishing port, north-eastern England. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Fish Auction
1907: Traders inspecting fish at an auction on Grimbsy Pontoon quayside, Lincolnshire, where the fish are auctioned in the manner known as calling. (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)

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