The Death of Industry.

Fusion_UK

Much of the British Coal Mining industry is now just a memory.
This is an ongoing project of mine to try and document what is left before it is forever lost.



The Headstock at Astley Pit, Near Manchester UK. Now closed
and being maintained as a museum





I will be adding to this project so please look back from time to time if you like these kinds of pictures. Hope you enjoy.

Ric Grupe

Nice flavor here!

Good job, Ian.

I'll be checking back for more.

Fusion_UK

Ric Grupe wrote:

Nice flavor here!

Good job, Ian.

I'll be checking back for more.

Ric
Thanks for your comments. This is an ongoing project of mine so will be putting up more images as they come. Thanks again.

Stustaff

Nice shots, im in Derbyshire so lots of these things around here, My dad worked in t' pit too.

one little thing hope you dont mind me saying but I find your watermark a bit distracting it seems to be all over the place when viewed on the photos alltogether and the one on the 6th one down looks like its been wrapped to the surface underneath on purpose.

I particularly like the wheel shot(#7) thats really nice.

Fusion_UK

Stustaff wrote:

Nice shots, im in Derbyshire so lots of these things around here, My dad worked in t' pit too.

one little thing hope you dont mind me saying but I find your watermark a bit distracting it seems to be all over the place when viewed on the photos alltogether and the one on the 6th one down looks like its been wrapped to the surface underneath on purpose.

I particularly like the wheel shot(#7) thats really nice.

Sorry about the watermarks but used these on another site after I found they had been pinched, glad you liked the pics though and thanks for your comments.

wxwax

I like the old 'phone booth.

On a separate note, I think coal might make a comeback when oil gets too dear.

Fusion_UK

wxwax wrote:

I like the old 'phone booth.

On a separate note, I think coal might make a comeback when oil gets too dear.

You may well be right but most of our pits here in UK have gone never to return, only about 7% of coal in UK produced here. Thanks for your comments.