EPW043129 ENGLAND (1933). Glass Houghton and Castleford Collieries Limited, Glass Houghton, 1933

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Title [EPW043129] Glass Houghton and Castleford Collieries Limited, Glass Houghton, 1933
Reference EPW043129
Date September-1933
Link
Place name GLASS HOUGHTON
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 443100, 424300
Longitude / Latitude -1.3468966668471, 53.713112095977
National Grid Reference SE431243

Pins

Support Pylon for the Aerial Ropeway. Attached image shows this ropeway in the process of being dismantled in the late 1970s, hence no buckets. If you look along the line towards the spoil heap you can see the safety cradle over the railway.

ncbnik
Monday 25th of April 2016 08:16:18 PM
Bucket on Aerial Ropeway

ncbnik
Monday 25th of April 2016 08:12:15 PM
Safety cradle, this is located over the railway lines and is there to catch anything which may fall from the Aerial Ropeway.

ncbnik
Monday 25th of April 2016 08:10:27 PM
A view of the coke works taken from approximately this point in 1975. By this time the site had extended but the chimneys are the originals.

ncbnik
Monday 25th of April 2016 07:43:36 PM
Glass Houghton Coke Works. Attached image shows these same buildings shortly before demolition in the early 1980s.

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Monday 25th of April 2016 07:35:35 PM
Bridge over Park Road. Attached photo is looking over bridge towards Prince of Wales Colliery.

ncbnik
Monday 25th of April 2016 07:26:50 PM

Derekdye
Wednesday 29th of January 2014 08:14:42 PM
Pontefract Racecourse Grandstand

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Wednesday 29th of January 2014 08:14:03 PM
The Woodman Inn

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Wednesday 29th of January 2014 08:12:51 PM
Pontefract Park Lake

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Wednesday 29th of January 2014 08:12:05 PM
The Prince of Wales Colliery Pontefract

Derekdye
Wednesday 29th of January 2014 08:11:34 PM
The West Riding Hotel Now the China City Chinese Resteraunt Leeds road Glasshoughton

Derekdye
Wednesday 29th of January 2014 08:09:59 PM
Glasshoughton Coke Ovens.

Brick Collector
Saturday 25th of January 2014 10:24:12 PM
Yorkshire Brick Co.

Brick Collector
Saturday 25th of January 2014 10:23:05 PM