Ties to the Land XV : Number 2 Updraft Shaft Pit Head Marker, Thurcroft Colliery

Ties to the Land XV : Number 2 Updraft Shaft Pit Head Marker, Thurcroft Colliery

Field Notes

This is the pit head marker for Number 2 Upcast Shaft (or Shonkey as it was nicknamed) at Thurcroft Colliery in the South Yorkshire Coalfield. The Number One Downcast Shaft is enclosed in the fenced off area in the middle ground. Thurcroft Colliery was closed in 1992, the land cleared and given over to nature and dirt bikers.  You can see more from the project by visiting here.

Technical Notes

Date : April 2014

Camera : Zero Image 2000

Film : Rollei 400 Infra Red

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