Image ID: 42558

Hucknall Colliery No. 2., 1980

Portland Road
Hucknall
Nottinghamshire
England

The Hucknall Colliery pits were sunk by the Hucknall Colliery Company, whose partners were Alfred Ellis, Edward Shipley Ellis, William Paget and William Walker. This arrival of industrialism transformed Hucknall into a boomtown as families came into the area from Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. Pits dominated the work scene for most of the male workers for over 100 years until the closure of Hucknall No. 2 Colliery on 16 September 1986. This photograph shows the washing tower (a washing tower, or washery, is a large structure where coal is washed, sized and graded before being sold.) and the headstocks, from the railway line

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