Record

NCB - National Coal Board, later British Coal Corporation - 1574-1994
- C - National Coal Board North Derbyshire Area - 1956-1989
  - PHO - North Derbyshire Area photographic collections - [20th cent]
    - 1 - Photographic collection, mainly of North Derbyshire collieries - [20th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	NCB/C/PHO/1/52
Former Reference	D4774/13/54
Title	Photographs of the Pumping House for the Persevere Shaft at Pinxton Colliery
Date	[mid 20th cent]
Description	Includes 3 negatives. The Pumping House was built in 1828 and demolished for scrap in 1943 during World War 2. All the photographs were donated by Mr E. Williamson of Alfreton, who also supplied notes on the backs of them. Mr Williamson states that the name "Perserverance" might suggest the pump was installed by George Stephenson, whose motto was "perservere". He also suggests that the castings might have been made at Chesterfield and that George's son, Robert Stephenson, might have supervised its erection.
Extent	1 file (3 photographs)
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	National Coal Board

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