Posts from Scotland’s first industrial eco-museum commemorating and recording mining landscapes through a series of community created cycling and walking routes.
EcoMuseum of Scottish Mining Landscapes
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The Norish British Steel rail bridge spanning the Dudley No. 1 canal that served the former Round Oak Iron Works at #BrierleyHill, #WestMidlands for #FerrousFriday #IndustrialHeritage #CanalHeritage #RailwayHeritage
Dowty pit props part of the permanent mining display on loan from the South Derbyshire Mining Preservation Group at Conkers in heart of the National Forest, Ashby Leicestershire for #AllMetalMonday #MiningHeritage
The mundane and often overlooked legacy of the domestic coal hearth - the ash box recess. This one spotted #Kincardine #Fife #FerrousFriday
Two more #MiningLandscapes series of 8 family Coalscapes events (ecology, geology and art workshops) are confirmed and ready to book
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Overview of all eight workshops and booking links nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news/coalsca...
Pottering in #Donisthorpe Woodland Park in North West #Leicestershire created from the site of capped colliery lagoons planted with 74K trees in 1996 following the closure of the pit in 1990 after 133 years of operation #MiningLandscapes #MiningHeritage
Ended the #Donisthorpe daunder with a visit to the Moria #BlastFurnace and #LimeKilns via the Ashby Canal constructed in 1804 to carry coal in and iron out, troubled by subsidence the damaged section rewatered and restored in 2000.
#Leicestershire #IndustrialHeritage
To see all 8 nip to www.mining-landscapes.org/news/coalsca...
Walking a section of the disused Severn Valley Railway so as not to be confused with the live steam trains renamed Leapgate Old #RailwayWalk. The branch on the right opened in 1940 and served #Stourport Power Station, #Worcs. Yep Catherine is back down in the English Midlands #railwayheritage
Final 2 of the #MiningLandscapes series of 8 family Coalscapes events (ecology, geology and art workshops) are confirmed and ready to book
7. 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news/coalsca...
8. 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news
For full programme follow thread…
#MiningHeritage
