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Ashington Colliery (c. 1930s)

 

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Ashington Colliery - Click for bigger imageThis picture of Ashington Colliery gives an idea of it's size, and the number of coal wagons used. The colliery was one of four owned by the Ashington Coal Company. Ashington opened in 1867 and finally closed in 1988.

 

Northumberland Archives Service holds over 120,000 photographic images relating to the history of the county of Northumberland. The quality of the photographs mounted on this website has been reduced. High quality photographic or digital copies of these, and of other photographs from our collections, are available by contacting the Archives Service.