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John Pit slag heaps
John Pit slag heaps
Photo: Tim Mason
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Item #: 31271
This picture was taken c1978, the slag heaps have long since been levelled.

Comment by: Cyril on 13th June 2019 at 23:54

They were quite dramatic when covered with snow, could well have been an alpine scene.

It makes you wonder how they got those massive boulders like the one in front of the photo up to the top from underground, must have taken some heaving and grunting.

Comment by: Philip G. on 14th June 2019 at 06:18

Forbidding and inviting in equal measure.

Comment by: chris southworth on 14th June 2019 at 10:20

Those giant boulders were in fact giant cinders Cyril. They were dug out from the middle of the tip after it caught fire. The fire was a deep seated fire, more of a smoulder really. It was caused by spontaneous combustion due to the poor consolidation of the tip allowing air to get in and create the conditions for any poor quality waste coal inside the tip to catch fire.

Comment by: Mick on 14th June 2019 at 10:33

I dont remember it being that high

Comment by: Valerie Bradshaw nee Southam on 26th June 2019 at 22:45

The view from my bedroom window until 1979

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