Bickerstaffe Colliery spoil heap

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iBase ID

269282

Reference identifier

SKE20151010013

Title

Bickerstaffe Colliery spoil heap

Place

Bickerstaffe

General notes

LCC negotiated with the Territorial Army to reclaim derelict land. Liverpool 508 Squadron Royal Engineers with earth moving equipment graded and leveled the spoil heaps on the old colliery site. around 300 tons of earth was moved each hour and the main spoil heap was planted with 16,000 young trees.
The white house on the left is in front of Wash Farm. The view is towards Rainford showing the Rainford Bypass.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

15.5 x 10.5

Year of image

1955

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Locator

E02

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