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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer
Great shots D,I always wondered,is pic#3 of a support for the old railway (viaduct) or is it a shaft for a mine?
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Number three is the base of a tall chimney that used to stand here, it was a very busy area in its time. The area was covered in factories and the bits of walls that remain around the area only give a glimpse of the past, just over that bridge to the right was the opening to the mine shaft that was also here, not a proper mine with pit head gear, it was a hole in the ground with ladders down to the bottom of the shaft, but never the less men did hack away underground to bring coal to the surface.
Number one is also the location of the signal box that was here, you can see a brick wall off to the right, I am guessing this was the rear wall to the building.
The attached pictures shows the chimney in question and the signal box, also what was called five arches.