Out Of Use Steam Engine At The Colliery - Shotton (shot0033)

Out Of Use Steam Engine At The Colliery - Shotton

Photograph showing on the extreme left a line of low buildings, in front of which is a road and in front of the road a sign reading: National Coal Board Northumberland and Durham Division No 3 Area Shotton Colliery Sunk 1833; beyond the sign are colliery buildings and to the side of it a rail track on which a small steam locomotive is standing facing the camera in the middle distance; the right of the picture is occupied by part of the rear of a coal waggon; the steam locomotive has been described as being out of use at the time of the photograph

Date: 1972