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Reflections of the Past

This is Pleasley Pit on the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire border, England.

 

Pleasley Pit was the oldest and deepest pit in the East Midlands coalfield. The first shafts at Pleasley colliery were sunk between 1872 and 1875 and the colliery finally ceased production in 1983.

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Uploaded on August 7, 2020
Taken on November 5, 2012