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Bickerstaffe Colliery spoil heap
Bickerstaffe Colliery spoil heap
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269282
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SKE20151010013
Title
Bickerstaffe Colliery spoil heap
Bickerstaffe Colliery spoil heap
Place
Bickerstaffe
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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.
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.
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15.5 x 10.5
Year of image
1955
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E02
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ENVIRONMENT
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Landscape
HISTORY
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Twentieth Century onwards
INDUSTRY
>
Mining
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Bickerstaffe
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TRANSPORT
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Road
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