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Newcastle, a coal pit "in the olden time"

Handwritten text on reverse reads "Emptying corfes into black wagons, one for large and one for small coal. Small coal was then unsaleable and was tipped over the battery sides of the colliery wagonways."

Date:

date unknown

Period:

before 1850

Place:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Item Type:

drawing, painting or print

Artist:

Christie, J

Reference:

DR05092

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