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77 photos and 65 illustrations tagged underground, from 13 members of Flickr Commons.

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Man cages manufactured by Vickers Armstrong

from North East Museums

  • Tender & endangered Cow/Horse said:
    what does 'man cages' mean?
  • Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:
    Hi, Man cages such as these were used to transport miners underground and raise them back up again. It's essentially serving as a lift.
  • optimal chicken said:
    Yes. They made them in columns to move men more quickly in bigger groups - some mines employed over a thousand men below ground in any one working shift. The same would be done for transporting lots tubs full of coal to the surface.

Town Hall Station - Concourse looking East. Sydney, NSW

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • Albert Alcoceba said:
    The signage is intriguing. It points to platform 5, but platform 5 would not be used until 1979 and the opening of the Eastern Suburbs Railway.

Mine Worker - Wearmouth Colliery

from North East Museums