Mining photos from Poland and France - Page 2 ! |
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A winding tower of a Polish colliery. |
A blue winding tower. |
A Polish winding tower in the evening sun. |
A winding tower in Poland. |
The Polish flag on top of a winding tower. | A small miner on top of the winding tower. | Once again the same tower. | An interesting winding tower from Poland. |
The entire colliery in Poland. | ...and this time from another point of view. | Winding ropes on the area of Vouters colliery. | At Vouters colliery. |
Another entrance to the colliery called Vouters. | At Simon colliery in France. | After the shift at Simon colliery. | The winding machine of Simon colliery. |
After the work is finished at Simon colliery. | At the pit bank. | A miner with an impressioning beard. | Leaving the pit cage at Simon colliery. |
Here the miner's lamps are checked. | In the lamps' room of Simon colliery. | The operator's place. | Once again miners are leaving the pit cage. |
A miner is carrying strange things... | A close-up photo of two miners. | The waggons are filled up with the coal here. | A street at Simon colliery. |
Simon colliery's machines' house in France. | Another operator's place at Simon colliery. | In the lamps' room. | Two miners are waiting for their shift to start. |
A shaft of Simon colliery in France. | A beautiful photo of a tunnel. | Underground at Simon colliery. | An iron gate in a tunnel underground. |
Stairs down to the colliery. | A winding tower and some houses of the colliery. | A winding tower of Simon colliery. | An overview of the area of Simon colliery. |
The two winding towers of Simon colliery. | The flag of the underground fire brigade. | The processing of Vernejoul colliery. | At Vuillemin colliery in France. |
An impression of Vuillemin colliery. | A flat winding rope at Vuillemin colliery. | This is the entire winding machine. | Some bells for signals at the pit bank. |
View up to the winding tower of Vuillemin colliery. | The pit cage can still be found at the pit bank. | The colliery's former pit bank. | The fixings for one of the pit cages. |
A pit cage that is no longer needed. | Signals for using a pit cage. | Strange pipes... | The members of the underground fire brigade. |
A breathing apparatus. | Some members of the underground fire brigade. | The practice of the brigade in France. | During a practice. |
On a ladder during the practice of the brigade. | Corresponding to the practice some fog was produced. | Everything must be in order... |
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