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Collapse NCB - National Coal Board, later British Coal Corporation - 1574-1994NCB - National Coal Board, later British Coal Corporation - 1574-1994
Expand A - Pre-Vesting Colliery Companies superseded by the National Coal Board - [1672]-1972A - Pre-Vesting Colliery Companies superseded by the National Coal Board - [1672]-1972
Expand B - National Coal Board East Midlands Division - 1948-1967B - National Coal Board East Midlands Division - 1948-1967
Collapse C - National Coal Board North Derbyshire Area - 1956-1989C - National Coal Board North Derbyshire Area - 1956-1989
Expand EST - North Derbyshire Area Estates Department - 1967-1977EST - North Derbyshire Area Estates Department - 1967-1977
Expand FIN - North Derbyshire Area financial records - 1968-1982FIN - North Derbyshire Area financial records - 1968-1982
Expand IND - North Derbyshire Area Industrial Relations Department - 1956-1986IND - North Derbyshire Area Industrial Relations Department - 1956-1986
Expand MIN - North Derbyshire Area Mining Department records - 1958-1987MIN - North Derbyshire Area Mining Department records - 1958-1987
Collapse PHO - North Derbyshire Area photographic collections - [20th cent]PHO - North Derbyshire Area photographic collections - [20th cent]
Expand 1 - Photographic collection, mainly of North Derbyshire collieries - [20th cent]1 - Photographic collection, mainly of North Derbyshire collieries - [20th cent]
Expand 2 - Aerial Photographic Surveys of the North Derbyshire Area Coalfield - 1947-19792 - Aerial Photographic Surveys of the North Derbyshire Area Coalfield - 1947-1979
Expand 3 - Photographic negatives of National Coal Board North Derbyshire Area - [mid 20th cent]3 - Photographic negatives of National Coal Board North Derbyshire Area - [mid 20th cent]
Expand 4 - Slides of collieries and other coal mining related buildings and equipment - [late 20th cent]4 - Slides of collieries and other coal mining related buildings and equipment - [late 20th cent]
Collapse 5 - Photographs, largely unidentified, of colliery workings and equipment in the North Derbyshire area and East Midlands region - [mid 20th cent]5 - Photographs, largely unidentified, of colliery workings and equipment in the North Derbyshire area and East Midlands region - [mid 20th cent]
1 - Photograph of unknown colliery's retreating unit supply gate looking in at 50 yards from coal face, with coal on right hand side - Apr 1954
2 - Photograph of unknown colliery's retreating rib protected supply gate looking in at 200 yards from coal face - Apr 1954
3 - Photograph of unknown colliery's gobside supply gate looking in at 300 yards from coal face - Mar 1954
4 - Photograph of unknown colliery's advancing unit with rib protected supply gate roundhead - Mar 1954
5 - Photograph of unknown colliery's advancing unit with gobside supply gate - Mar 1954
6 - Photograph of advancing unit gobside supply gate looking in at 100 yards from coal face - 1954
7 - Photograph of unknown colliery's conveyor belt and pit props - [mid 20th cent]
8 - Aerial photograph of unknown colliery showing sidings, head gear and other surface buildings with spoil heaps in background - Sep 1960
9 - Photograph of unknown colliery's advancing unit with crush area and tension end of face - Apr 1954
10 - Photograph of unknown colliery equipment - [late 20th cent]
11 - Photograph of unknown colliery's advancing unit with gobside supply gate looking in at 200 yards from coal face - Apr 1954
12 - Photograph of unknown colliery's advancing unit with gobside supply gate looking at 320 yards from coal face - Apr 1954
13 - Photograph of unknown colliery's retreating unit loader gate and conveyor belt looking at 100 yards from coal face with coal on right - Apr 1954
14 - Photograph of unknown colliery's retreating unit with pit props and conveyor belt looking 10 yards from roadhead and coal on right - Mar 1954
15 - Photograph of unknown colliery's retreating unit loader gate with pit props and conveyor belt looking in at roadhead with coal on left - 1954
16 - Photograph of metal pit props - [Jun 1954]
17 - Photograph of unknown colliery's retreating unit general view of coal face with pit props - 1954
18 - Photograph of unknown colliery's coal face with chains and pit props - 1954
19 - Photograph of unknown colliery's coal face with pit props - Mar 1954
20 - Photograph of unknown colliery's coal face with pit props - Mar 1954
21 - Photograph of pit props at an unidentified colliery - [mid 20th cent]
22 - Photograph showing Upton Colliery (South Yorkshire) coal wagons and colliery outbuildings with crane - May 1949
23 - Photographs (3) of pit props at an unidentified colliery - Jun 1954
24 - Photograph of mining equipment at unidentified colliery - Jun 1954
25 - Photograph of pit props and bars at an unidentified colliery - Jun 1954
26 - Photograph of unknown colliery's pit props and conveyor belt - Jun 1954
27 - Photograph of unknown colliery's coal face with pit props - Jun 1950
28 - Photograph of mining cutting equipment at unknown colliery's coal face with pit props - Apr 1951
29 - Photograph of mining cutting equipment at unknown colliery's coal face with pit props - Apr 1952
30 - Photograph of pit props and conveyor belt at unknown colliery - [mid 20th cent]
31 - Photograph of unknown colliery's retreating unit crush area with old pack and slit to supply gate with pit props - Mar 1954
32 - Photograph of unknown colliery's advancing unit on gobside crush area near supply gate with collapsing pit props - Mar 1954
33 - Photograph of unknown colliery's retreating unit's roadhead at supply gate end with face on right hand side - Mar 1954
34 - Photographs (7) of unknown colliery's coal face with conveyor belt and pit props - Oct 1951
35 - Photograph of unknown colliery's long wall cutting machine with simple up curved jib - [mid 20th cent]
36 - Photographs (4) of long wall cutting machine with hinged bracket and curved jib starting to cut unknown colliery's coal face - Oct 1951
37 - Photograph of long wall cutting machine with hinged bracket and curved jib starting to cut unknown colliery's coal face - Sep 1951
38 - Photograph of unknown colliery's waste edge showing results of caving - Sep 1951
39 - Photographs (5) of long wall cutting machine with hinged bracket and curved jib starting to cut unknown colliery's coal face - Oct 1951
40 - Photograph of unknown colliery's coal face with conveyor belt and pit props - Sep 1951
41 - Photograph of long wall cutting machine with hinged bracket and curved jib starting to cut unknown colliery's coal face - Sep 1951
42 - Photograph of unknown colliery's waste edge showing results of caving - Oct 1951
43 - Photograph of long wall cutting machine with hinged bracket and curved jib starting to cut unknown colliery's coal face - Oct 1951
44 - Photograph of unknown colliery's waste edge showing results of caving - Sep 1951
45 - Photograph of unknown colliery's coal face with conveyor belt and pit props - Oct 1951
46 - Photograph of unknown colliery's coal face with conveyor belt and pit props - Oct 1951
47 - Photograph of unknown colliery's waste edge showing results of caving - Oct 1951
48 - Photographs of unknown colliery's waste edge showing results of caving - Oct 1951
49 - Photograph of unknown colliery's coal face with conveyor belt and pit props - Oct 1951
50 - Photograph of unknown colliery's pit props and conveyor belt - [mid 20th cent]
51 - Photograph of mining cutting equipment - [mid 20th cent]
52 - Photograph of mining cutting equipment - [mid 20th cent]
53 - Photograph of unknown colliery's coalface with pit props - [mid 20th cent]
54 - Photograph of thick coal seam showing German type pit props and bars with armoured chain conveyor belt - [mid 20th cent]
55 - Photograph of coal face of unidentified colliery with pit props - Oct 1951
56 - Photograph of Barnsley seam with underground tracks and pipes looking up 140 yards from coal face - May 1944
57 - Photograph of pit props and other equipment at unidentified colliery - [mid 20th cent]
58 - Photographs (5) of mining cutting equipment - [mid 20th cent]
59 - Photograph of coal cutting machine mounted on an armoured coveyor belt in a cutting position - [mid 20th cent]
60 - Photograph of unknown colliery's coal face behind the coal cutting machine, after cutting 60 yards - Sep 1951
61 - Photograph of unknown colliery's coal seam worked under difficult conditions with wooden pit props in foreground - [mid 20th cent]
62 - Photograph of coal cutting machine mounted on an armoured coveyor belt showing special bracket - [mid 20th cent]
63 - Photograph of unknown colliery's cutting machine being used underground - [mid 20th cent]
64 - Photograph of cutting machinery - [mid 20th cent]
65 - Photograph of unknown colliery's seam worked under difficult conditions showing coal face overcutting with a down curved jib - [mid 20th cent]
66 - Photographs of coal cutting machine mounted on an armoured coveyor belt - [mid 20th cent]
67 - Photograph of unknown colliery's underground tub and rail system - [mid 20th cent]
68 - Photograph of unknown colliery's underground tub and rail system - [mid 20th cent]
69 - Photograph showing unknown colliery's gate at face ripping depth - Jul 1946
70 - Photograph of unknown colliery's underground rail system - [mid 20th cent]
71 - Photograph of thick coal seam showing German type pit props and bars with armoured chain conveyor belt - [mid 20th cent]
72 - Photograph of unknown colliery's waste edge showing results of caving - [mid 20th cent]
73 - Photograph of unknown colliery's waste edge showing results of caving - [mid 20th cent]
74 - Photograph of Dobson pit props - [mid 20th cent]
75 - Photograph of unknown colliery's underground rail system - [mid 20th cent]
76 - Photograph of unknown colliery's underground rail system - [mid 20th cent]
77 - Photograph of unknown colliery's tub train taking miners down to the coal face - [mid 20th cent]
78 - Photograph of unknown colliery's underground rail system - [mid 20th cent]
79 - Photograph of Barnsley seam with underground rail system and miners taken 250 yards from the coal face - May 1944
80 - Photographs (4) of unknown colliery's pit props in use underground - [mid 20th cent]
81 - Photograph of miner adjusting pit prop underground - [mid 20th cent]
82 - Photograph of unknown colliery's surface arrangement at shaft top after reorganisation, with focus on headgear - [mid 20th cent]
83 - Photograph of unknown colliery's surface arrangements at shaft top before reorganisation, with focus on headgear, chimneys and rail system - [mid 20th cent]
84 - Photograph of unknown colliery's locomotion shed and sidings - [mid 20th cent]
85 - Photographs (4) of conveyor belt and pit props at unidentified colliery coal face - [mid 20th cent]
86 - Photograph of the pithead baths and canteen at Annesley Colliery with spoilheaps in background - [mid 20th cent]
87 - Photograph of unknown colliery's underground rail system - [mid 20th cent]
Expand SCI - Scientific Department records - 1970-1974SCI - Scientific Department records - 1970-1974
Expand SEC - North Derbyshire Area Secretary's Department - 1959-1986SEC - North Derbyshire Area Secretary's Department - 1959-1986
Expand STA - North Derbyshire Area Staff Department - 1970-1988STA - North Derbyshire Area Staff Department - 1970-1988
Expand SUR - North Derbyshire Area Surveying Department - 1968-1989SUR - North Derbyshire Area Surveying Department - 1968-1989
Expand D - National Coal Board South Derbyshire Area - [mid 20th cent]-1990D - National Coal Board South Derbyshire Area - [mid 20th cent]-1990
Expand E - Individual collieries post-vesting - [mid 19th cent]-1994E - Individual collieries post-vesting - [mid 19th cent]-1994
Expand F - Opencast Executive - 1948-1994F - Opencast Executive - 1948-1994
Expand G - Coal Products Division - 1930-1981G - Coal Products Division - 1930-1981
Expand H - Title deeds and agreements of the National Coal Board - 1574-1976H - Title deeds and agreements of the National Coal Board - 1574-1976
Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

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Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm
Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm
Local Studies Periodicals
Local Studies Periodicals
National Coal Board
National Coal Board
Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer
Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer
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