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A black and white photograph showing two shaftsmen working on the shafts at Sharlston Colliery in 1982. The work was part of a £10 million scheme to boost production to a million tonnes of coal a year. The investment programme was to install new headgear to deal with the larger coal skips, and build an underground bunker to store 1000 tonnes of coal. The pit was expected to have a life of 25 years after the improvement. It closed in the 1990s. Internal Reference: WR

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Description: A black and white photograph showing two shaftsmen working on the shafts at Sharlston Colliery in 1982. The work was part of a £10 million scheme to boost production to a million tonnes of coal a year. The investment programme was to install new headgear to deal with the larger coal skips, and build an underground bunker to store 1000 tonnes of coal. The pit was expected to have a life of 25 years after the improvement. It closed in the 1990s. Internal Reference: WR

Keywords: colliery, coal mining, people, plant machinery, indoor views

Place name(s): WF4, Sharlston

Date(s): 1982

Date added to archive: 30/09/2003

Original rights: Yorkshire Weekly Newspaper Group Ltd

Permission rights: Wakefield Express Newspaper Group Ltd

Digital rights: WMDC Libraries and Information Services

Digital publisher: WMDC, Education and Cultural Services, Libraries and Information Services

Working on headgear at Sharlston Colliery, 1982