Sujet
Carrington's Coppice Opencast Colliery, Smalley, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, 26/07/1949. Creator: John Laing plc.
Légende
The last tons of coal being extracted from the opencast mine at Carrington's Coppice, with a 178 ft deep cut looming above. 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. Carrington's Coppice was the largest site that the company worked and was the deepest opencast site in Britain. Work started in 1947 and by 1949 the seam was worked out after 523,623 tons of coal had been extracted from the site. By August 1950 the land was reinstated for agricultural use. this photograph was published in October 1949 in the Laing monthly newsletter 'Team Spirit'.
Date
1949
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England
Notre référence
HRM21A84_024
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
86,4Mo (5,6Mo) / 45,6cm x 47,5cm / 5383 x 5609 (300dpi)