Tawd Vale Colliery disaster, Skelmersdale

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iBase ID

227417

Reference identifier

SKE01102008020

Title

Tawd Vale Colliery disaster, Skelmersdale

Place

Skelmersdale

General notes

Opened prior to 1861; by 1894 employed 887 people directly; on 30 November 1897 devastated by explosion; picture shows repairs to riverbank, with houses in Summer Street on left; operated as Glenburn 1905-1923

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Sepia

Original image size

14.9/9.8cm

Year of image

1897

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Locator

M111

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Subjects

INDUSTRY > Mining

Place Names > Skelmersdale

PLACES > River & Canal

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