Work
Douglas Bank Colliery
Work - Mining
On the pit bank at Douglas Bank Colliery, Wigan, c1890.
Views: 13,094 Year: 1890 2 Comments
Douglas Bank Colliery
Work - Mining
Surface worker at the Douglas Bank Colliery, Wigan, c1890.
Views: 10,210 Year: 1890
Douglas Bank Colliery
Work - Mining
Surface workers at Douglas Bank Colliery, Wigan, posing for the camera, c1890.
Views: 9,929 Year: 1890
Rose Bridge Colliery
Work - Mining
Workers possibly taken at Rose Bridge Colliery, Wigan. c1890.
Views: 15,005 Year: 1890 7 Comments
Douglas Bank Colliery
Work - Mining
A tub being weighed while another is pushed off. In the centre is the tally boy. In the weigh house are the weigh man appointed by the company, and the check weigh man chosen by the men or the union. c1890.
Views: 10,120 Year: 1890
Industrial Wigan
Work - Mining
Photo taken in Wigan, c1890. Possibly Douglas Bank Colliery.
Views: 11,430 Year: 1890
Pit Brow Lasses
Work - Mining
Women working at the pit surface. Taken in Wigan, possibly Douglas Bank Colliery, c1890.
Views: 12,221 Year: 1890
Miner Washing
Work - Mining
A Wigan miner has a wash at home after a long shift down the pit, c1890.
Views: 11,565 Year: 1890
Coal Tippler
Work - Mining
A coal tippler in Wigan - possibly taken at Douglas Bank Colliery. c1890.
Views: 14,488 Year: 1890 1 Comment
Wigan Drawer in the Pit
Work - Mining
A drawer pushing a tub to the main haulage. c1890.
Views: 10,297 Year: 1890
Pick Sharpener
Work - Mining
The pick sharpener's building at a Wigan Colliery, c1890.
Views: 10,273 Year: 1890 1 Comment
Wigan Miner
Work - Mining
Erecting wooden pit props to hold the roof down the pit, c1890.
Views: 10,353 Year: 1890
Wigan Miner
Work - Mining
A Wigan miner poses for a photograph in front of a slag heap at Douglas Bank Colliery, c1890.
Views: 10,579 Year: 1890
Underlooker
Work - Mining
The underlooker was was a mining official responsible for the safety of miners who would check the pit before each shift. This was taken in Wigan, possibly at Douglas Bank Colliery, c1890.
Views: 10,363 Year: 1890
Wigan Miner
Work - Mining
Photo taken at a Wigan Colliery. Possibly a manager or mine owner judging by the clothing. c1890.
Views: 9,765 Year: 1890 1 Comment
Steam Engine 'Ince'
Work - Mining
Steam Engine 'Ince' possible taken at Rose Bridge Collieries in Wigan, c1890.
Views: 10,160 Year: 1890 2 Comments
Sorting Coal
Work - Mining
Surface workers sorting and cleaning coal at a Wigan Colliery, c1890.
Views: 10,237 Year: 1890 2 Comments
Surface Workers
Work - Mining
Surface workers pose for a photo at a Wigan Colliery, c1890.
Views: 11,779 Year: 1890 3 Comments
Opening of a Mine?
Work - Mining
This photograph was taken in Wigan, c1890. It is part of a mining collection, and looks like it could depict the opening of a new drift mine. If you think otherwise, please leave a comment.
Views: 11,686 Year: 1890 2 Comments
Miner after work
Work - Mining
A Wigan miner kneeling down in a wash day alley, 1891.
Views: 12,798 Year: 1891 3 Comments
Soup Kitchen
Work - Strikes
Revd. William Wickham serving at a makeshift 'Soup Kitchen' in Wigan during the miners' strike of 1893.
Views: 12,385 Year: 1893
Hick Hargreaves & Co. Ltd.
Work - Engineering
Benjamin Hick, mechanical engineer and William Hargreaves firm "Hick, Hargeaves & Co." was based at the Soho Foundry in Bolton, Lancashire.
Views: 21,909 Year: 1900 7 Comments
Hick Hargreaves & Co. Ltd.
Work - Engineering
Benjamin Hick, mechanical engineer and William Hargreaves firm "Hick, Hargeaves & Co." was based at the Soho Foundry in Bolton, Lancashire.
Views: 10,822 Year: 1900