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Description:
Kent's Lane Colliery was in Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, it opened in 1830 to provide coal to the Silverdale ironworks and was managed by the Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Company. After nationalisation in the 1970s Kent's Lane became known as Silverdale Colliery. It was the most productive colliery in the area and the last to close in 1998.
Artist/Photographer/Maker:
unknown
Medium:
photograph
Date:
1910
