A view of an unidentified opencast coal mine with Laing excavators extracting coal in the foreground

Date:
19 Jul 1948
Reference:
JLP01/08/000355
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

John Laing and Son Ltd had started opencast mining operations in 1942 to meet wartime needs. The work was expanded by the company after the war.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Open Cast Mine, Mining Industry