Coal Collection (page 23)

Fanning a Fire
A woman uses a newspaper over an open coal fire to make it draw more quickly and light the coals faster

Coal Ships on Tees
Coal is loaded from coal drops into shipping at Middlesbrough, on the Tees : the drops will subsequently be replaced by purpose-built docks

Colliery Railway
The railway at Whitwell colliery, county Durham

Loading Coal Ships
Coal is loaded aboard sailing vessels at Port Clarence, near Middlesbrough

Killingworth Engine
George Stephensons locomotive designed to carry coal at Killingworth Colliery, near Newcastle-on-Tyne. It was the precursor of the Rocket and other engines

St Hildas Colliery
In county Durham : the mined coal is hoisted above ground level, then the tubs slide down a gradient to be tipped into wagons which take it to the ships

Victoria at Wolverhampton
When Queen Victoria travelled to Wolverhampton to unveil a Statue of Prince Albert, the Royal party processed through a large coal arch, donated by the Earl of Dudley

Trainee Miners / Safety
Trainee coal miners are familiarised with fire fighting equipment at Bank Hall Training Centre, Burnley, Lancashire, England

Davys Safety Lamp
Sir Humphrey Davys safety lamp, invented in 1815 for use in coal mines

At the Coal Face / 1910
Two hundred yards underground, two coal workers, Davy safety lamps at their side, undercut the coal face, preparing it for blasting

Davy Tests his Lamp
Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp, designed to operate in gassy mines without fear of sparking an explosion

Class Distinctions / Coal
DIGNITY ATTACKED " I say Guv ner, jest guv us a lift up with these here coals" A rather ridiculously-attired posh gentleman is shocked by a coalboys impish request

Clay Cross Miners / Shaft
Colliers at the Clay Cross mine at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, wait at the bottom of the pit as their colleagues are hauled to the surface, 300 yards above

Coaling a Train
A railway worker putting coal into a tender, a scene at Liverpool Street Station, London, England

Derbyshire Miners
Glapwell Colliery, Derbyshire miners at the pithead (detail from 10430475) Date: circa 1966

Miner Using Drill / 1956
Miner using an hydraulic drill at the coal-face, at Cape Bank Hall Pit, Burnley, in Lancashire

Coal / Horse Works Whim
A horse working a whim in a French colliery

Hazardous Hairspray
An aerosol can of Harmony Hairspray, carelessly left on a hot Belling coal effect fireplace, which could cause a nasty explosion!

Coal Exchange, London
The Coal Exchange is where the 960, 000 chaldrons of coal (each of 36 bushels) imported from Newcastle etc each year to keep Londoners warm, are regulated and, of course, taxed

Advert / Gas Spirit 1929
The Spirit of Coal - Gas, Light, Heat and Power (Wembley Exhibition)

Advert Wrights Coal Tar
Wrights Coal Tar Soap - standing up for his Wright s

Advertisement for Hill & Poyser, coal merchants, Derby
Advertisement for Hill & Poyser, Coal Merchants and Colliery Agents, Head Office at 45 The Wardwick, Derby, Depot at City Road Wharf, Derby

Tredegar Mine / 1865
BEDWELLTY PIT, TREDEGAR Monmouthshire (Wales)

Edmund Colliery
Edmund main colliery, near Barnsley, Yorkshire

Ardsley Colliery / 1847
ARDSLEY MAIN COLLIERY, near Barnsley, Yorkshire

Isaiahs Vision
He has a vision of Heaven, whence God sends a seraphim with a burning coal which touches his lips and takes away his iniquity and purges his sin

Coal Shortage / Germany
Coal Shortage

Women Hauling Coal Wagon
Women hauling a coal wagon in a French coal-mine

Miners Rescue Station
A Miners Rescue Station with the use of oxygen apparatus

Tonypandy Coal Strike
TONYPANDY COAL STRIKE A group of London police brought in to control the riots in Tonypandy, Rhondda

Brush Maker 1827
The brush maker making hair brushes, carpet brooms and mops. He also makes wooden coal hods and measures for coal and corn

Charles Green / Aeronaut
CHARLES GREEN English aeronaut who pioneered the use of coal gas in place of hydrogen in hot air balloons

Japanese in China 1937
The most modern (output of 5 million tons of coal) British coalmine at Kailan in north China being occupied by the Japanese as a result of fighting in Manchuria

Gas Fire 1960S
The ultimate in modern chic - a coal-effect gas fire with marble effect surround! This lucky woman warms herself by it with her cat, a sherry and reel-to-reel tape player

MINE WORKINGS / 1880 S
The workings of a mine, showing miners at the coal face and the coal being transported by pony

Philippe Lebon
PHILIPPE LEBON French chemist who introduced coal gas lighting for streets with his Thermolampe 1799

Women in Coal Mine / 1840
Women working down a Northumbrian mine

Chimneysweep (Petherick)
London characters: the CHIMNEY SWEEP walks the streets with his brushes, offering his services - for every home is heated with coal fires which clog the chimneys with soot

Poster; Coal Debt
coal Debt Shall be Repaid to our Country

Coal Mine / A Fall-In
A fall-in in a coal mine, leaving the miners trapped

Edinburgh Miners Gala
The Annual Miners Gala in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland. At the beginning of May each year, 100, 000 coal miners take a well-earned holiday

Coal / Tyne Staith / 1892
A staith, from which coal is being transferred onto barges, on the river Tyne, north-east England

Chinese Mine
The Surface works at a Chinese mine. Date: 19th Century

Cog & Rung / Coal Mine
A cog and rung mechanism for raising coal from the pit

Gin for Raising Coal
A gin for raising coal from the pit

Coal / Water Wheel & Pump
A water-wheel and bucket pump

Coaling a Battleship
Vast quantities of coal are required to keep the worlds navies operating : purpose- built coal supply ships carry the coal to a fuel-hungry warship of the Royal Navy

Great Northern Loco
Great Northern Railway, single express locomotive Number One

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