Photo by Gordon Edgar
Portrayed in a lunar-like landscape, Hunslet 0-6-0 saddle tank ‘Jacks Green’ (W/No.1953 built in 1939) heads a Locomotive Club of Great Britain railtour in the Nassington Barrowden Mining Co. Nassington ironstone quarry on 19th December 1971
Photo by Gordon Edgar
photo by Gordon Edgar
photo by Gordon Edgar
Longhills Pit, Corby. Looking E. Working face, looking north-east. Northampton Ironstone next railway, overlain by Lower Estuarine and Lincolnshire Limestone, with some Boulder Clay. 1933
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Longhills Pit, Corby. Looking E. Working face, looking NE. Northampton Ironstone (next railway), overlain by Lower Estuarine clays and Lincolnshire Limestone. On the right the limestone fills a channel in the clays, resting directly upon the ironstone. 1933
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Deene Pit, Corby. Looking NW. Closer view of steam digger. |
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Loddington showing the Whittaker .
A donated image suspected to of been a wellingborough pit .
Ruston 300 ton steam shovel working in Wembley pit Irchester
The above two donated images both have printed in the lower corner Warren east ,this is suspected to be the surface mine name .
a stunning image of a Loddington pit , the gentleman in the foreground appears to have a whip for the horses ?
The plank and barrow method in the two above images, are from the Burton Latimer pits .
Easton men at a ironstone pit 1914
A original photo with cardboard backing, showing a once typical scene.
Here is a transformed stripping shovel which has been changed into a rock drilling machine at the Cowthick surface mine . Photo by David James
Cowthick surface mine photo by David James .
Cowthick surface mine Photo by David James
Rockingham surface mine . Photo by David James
A stunning image on a glass slide , scanned by Northants archive services . The further images are all Glass slides scanned by Northants archives .
a steam navy and track / surface mining works.
A unique style machine in the above image purpose unknown.
The water feed to the steam navy , Also note the wooden wheel barrow.
A 5360 series stripping shovel, note the man on top gives real scale to the image .
Multiple rakes of wagons , suspected to be corby .
No 21 Ruston loading a row of wagons.
A large bucket clearing the Northamptonshire clay over burden .
A scan by Northants archives , showing a rake of wooden tubs and 2 early steam shovels .
A blast of the ironstone in a working surface mine , has been captured in this image .