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English: Remnants of the pithead winding gear of Maypole Colliery, Abram, Greater Manchester.
On 18 August 1908 an explosive fire underground killed 76 men and boys. Only 7 bodies were recovered. The colliery closed in 1959.
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Object location53° 30′ 20″ N, 2° 34′ 48″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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