New Shaft Gear Over Old Shaft Gear - South Hetton (sout0137)

Photograph showing the winding gear of a colliery with further winding gear immediately behind it; in front of the winding gear are high corrugated iron buildings, a raised walkway, a line of coal waggons and piles of pipes and rails; the picture has been identified as depicting the new shaft head gear over the old shaft head gear at South Hetton Colliery

New Shaft Gear Over Old Shaft Gear - South Hetton

Photograph showing the winding gear of a colliery with further winding gear immediately behind it; in front of the winding gear are high corrugated iron buildings, a raised walkway, a line of coal waggons and piles of pipes and rails; the picture has been identified as depicting the new shaft head gear over the old shaft head gear at South Hetton Colliery

Date: 1950

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