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Photographs of Ayrshire coalmines

551 323/2

Description Photographs of Ayrshire coalmines

Date c. 1940 to 1960

Collection Terry Harrison

Catalogue Number 551 323/2

Category All Other

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2111815

Collection Hierarchy - Sub-Group Level

Collection Level (551 323) Terry Harrison

> Sub-Group Level (551 323/2) Photographs of Ayrshire coalmines

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 706237 Underground, view of diesel locomotive in West Mine. No date Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 706238 Underground, view of fire station in West Mine. No date Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 706239 Underground, view of Deputies' Room, No. 7 pit bottom. No date Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2170961 Aerial view of colliery, including pithead baths, from S in 1950s Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2170962 Aerial view of colliery, including pithead baths, from SE in the 1950s Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2616378 Interior view of Games Room. Terry Harrison Collection, copied 1993 Photograph taken in 1950s Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2616379 Exterior view, showing miners and families at leisure Terry Harrison Collection, copied 1993 Photograph taken in 1950s Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2616380 View of older miners enjoying a pipe outside the home. c. 1950 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706225 View of collapse of No.2 shaft in 1962, after which it and neighbouring No. 1 shaft were filled in, a fourth shaft being sunk in 1966. 1962 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706226 View of collapsed No. 2 shaft and associated winding engine house, shortly after disaster in 1962. 1962 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706227 Elevated view of surface buildings from spoil heap, 1950s c. 1950 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706228 General view of colliery 1958 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706229 View of colliery showing miners and their families gathered in the aftermath of the collapse 1950 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706232 View of crater marking collapse at surface, in aftermath of 1950 disaster, showing Wimpey earthmoving equipment 1950 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706233 Underground view of mine car circuit at shaft bottom, showing mine-car weighing equipment and tippler,, photographed 1950s c. 1950 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706234 Aerial view of colliery showing No.3 shaft 'A' frame, and coal preparation plant, shortly after completion of reconstruction (1950). 1950 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706235 Aerial view of colliery from S after reconstruction (1950), showing Nos. 1 & 2 shafts and engine houses prior to the collapse of No.2 shaft in 1962. Post-1950, pre-1962. 1950 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706236 Elevated view from N showing Nos. 1 & 2 shafts' headgear, winding engine houses, power station and boiler house chimney with bing in background, taken prior to No.2 shaft collapse in 1962. Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706240 View within pithead baths (showers) c. 1950 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706241 Interior view of electrical substation c. 1950 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706242 Underground view of tippler station. c. 1950 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706243 Underground view of roadway junction. c. 1960 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706244 Interior view of office: manpower deployment. c. 1960 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images SC 706245 Interior view of canteen. c. 1960 Item Level

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