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parkside colliery

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B1 face.
B1 face.
Photo: Frank Grimshaw,(courtesy Graham Carr)
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Item #: 9540
Pic of the first face at the pit,B1.It was developed on the No2 South side of the pit and started production in April 1964 and finished in
April 1968.

Comment by: Frederick Cunliffe on 4th January 2011 at 03:08

I remember monitering the pumping ,about six million gallons (6,000,000)a day from the two crombouke seam faces,B1 and C1.

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