What is recorded here
This red commemorative plaque records: Heaton’s Last Colliery. The colliery on this site closed in the 1860s, ending almost 150 years when Heaton was at the technological forefront of world coalmining. Recorded plaque organisation: Heaton History Group, Heritage Lottery Fund.
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- JThomas, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- MSX, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bill Henderson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kay Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Eirian Evans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andrew Curtis, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Stephen Craven, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- wfmillar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Alan Heardman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Roy Hughes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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