Sujet

Unidentified opencast coal mine with Laing excavators extracting coal, 19/07/1948. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

A view of an unidentified opencast coal mine with Laing excavators extracting coal in the foreground. John Laing and Son Ltd had started opencast mining operations in 1942 to meet wartime needs. The work was expanded by the company after the war.

Date

1948

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM21A84_020

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

86,5Mo (5,6Mo) / 45,7cm x 47,5cm / 5395 x 5607 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation England work industry worker country British English industrial machine truck trucks machinery location century mine Britain lorry lorries concept B&W 1940s coal mine excavator coal mining opencast mine Forties road Transport Coal Industry black & white black and white B W 20th century workers colliery decade working photograph Historic England coalmine John Laing plc Laing John plc