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Subject ID:
2010416_170583
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Copyright:
Garforth Historical Society
Class number:
Garforth Historical Society C52
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Description:
Undated.
View shows Sisters' Pit, also known as Garforth Colliery, situated off Barwick Road. This coal mine was sunk by the Gascoigne family in 1843 and continued production until it was worked out in 1922, at which time it was employing 249 men. The area of Moor Garforth expanded around it.
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