Nigel Tout
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Nigel Tout
Nigel Tout
Some pictures of the super pit sunk at Asfordby
| In 1987 a new super pit was sunk at AsfordbyIt was the last deep coal mine to be sunk in England and was expected to produce coal for many years, but closed within a few years with geological problems being cited as the issue. The first coal left the mine by train via a spur from the test track direct to Melton Junction in 1991 The geological problems meant production had ceased by 1997 |
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The pit under construction in 1988 – the towers were later demolished when the pit closed
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Asfordby pit 1993
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Loading coal train at the mine. The building in the background later became the test track's Asfordby Depot
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Loaded coal train leaving the pit in 1995
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