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England, UK, 1948 (b/w photo)

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EHT6619584
Image title
England, UK, 1948 (b/w photo)
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Date
1948 AD (C20th AD)
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Photographer, John Laing and Son Ltd; Engineer, John Laing and Son Ltd; A view of an unidentified opencast coal mine with Laing excavators extracting coal in the foreground John Laing and Son Ltd had started opencast mining operations in 1942 to meet wartime needs. The work was expanded by the company after the war.

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© Historic England / John Laing Photographic Collection / Bridgeman Images
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OPEN CAST MINE / opencast mining
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Largest available format 5395 × 5607 px 21 MB
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Large 5395 × 5607 px 457 × 475 mm 21.0 MB
Medium 986 × 1024 px 83 × 87 mm 747 KB

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