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Photograph (print)
Colliery screens in the North Midlands. The sorting of slag from large coal was carried out in the colliery screens on segmented metal plate conveyors. The slag was pulled to the side and disposed of later to the slag heap. The picking staff in this photograph are mostly women.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
87.108I/59
Creation/Production
unknown
Date: 1900 (circa)
Acquisition
Donation, 2/7/1987
Measurements
Length
(mm): 505
Width
(mm): 635
Material
paper
Location
In store
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