Bickerstaffe Spoil heap

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iBase ID

269287

Reference identifier

SKE20151017004

Title

Bickerstaffe Spoil heap

Place

Bickerstaffe

Personal names

Captain L.B. Crickmer, Serg. David Pool, Joe Garaghty, William Farrington, William Thomas, William Stirk

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.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

16.2 x 12.7

Year of image

1955

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Locator

E02

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Subjects

ENVIRONMENT > Landscape

HISTORY > Twentieth Century onwards

INDUSTRY > Mining

Place Names > Bickerstaffe

PLACES > Country

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