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Shirebrook Colliery, seen from the south, on closure in 1993. This view is now totally unrecognisable, as the site has been completely redeveloped with a large business park. Little evidence now remains of the existence of the former colliery.
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Shirebrook Colliery, 1993
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Shirebrook Colliery, 1993
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Shirebrook Colliery, 1993 and 2000. By 2000, much of the site had been dismantled and reclamation was under way.
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Shirebrook Colliery, 1993 and 2003. Colliery structures are removed.
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Shirebrook Colliery, 1993 and 2000. The winding gear vanishes.
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Shirebrook Colliery, 1993 and 2003. The colliery structures disappear.
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Shirebrook Colliery site being reclaimed, 2000
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Shirebrook Colliery, part of old railway, 2003
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Shirebrook Colliery site being reclaimed, 2000
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New business park under construction, Shirebrook, 2003
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Shirebrook green energy plant, 2003
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Shirebrook, 2014. View from new road to the area north of the former pithead, showing the green energy plant.
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Old Shirebrook Colliery site, 2014
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Electricity substation associated with the former colliery, Shirebrook, 2014. One of the few remnants of the old pit.
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Part of old Shirebrook Colliery site, 2014
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Shirebrook, 2003 and 2014. New business park estate road (Weighbridge Road) under construction, then complete. The Colliery entrance was to the right.
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New road and business development near the site of the old colliery pithead, Shirebrook, 2014
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New road and business development near the site of the old colliery pithead, Shirebrook, 2014
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New road and business development near the site of the old colliery pithead, Shirebrook, 2014. The winding wheels were to the left and some distance behind this new building.
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Shirebrook panorama, 2013. View over the extensive former colliery site, from the south. The colliery railway, shown in the header picture, ran roughly along the line of the modern warehouse building on the right.