Bottom Of A Pit Shaft In A Coal
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Bottom Of A Pit Shaft In A Coal
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Print Collector
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Bottom of a pit shaft in a coal mine with a train of loaded wagons waiting to be hoisted to the surface, 1860. The coal wagons have flanged wheels. The man seated on right is lighting his clay pipe, a dangerous procedure underground in a coalmine where it could could cause an explosion of methane (firedamp). From A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields... by W Fordyce. (London, 1860). (Photo by Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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January 28th, 2021
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