Castle Drift Mine, Greenhead, Northumberland
This early 19th-century drift mine runs beneath Blenkinsopp Castle. A shaft from 1842 was still in use in 1993 when this picture of the conveyor belt system was pictured.
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This early 19th-century drift mine runs beneath Blenkinsopp Castle. A shaft from 1842 was still in use in 1993 when this picture of the conveyor belt system was pictured.
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