Union Canal at Redding Pit

Maker
Joseph Collier Brown
Production date
Circa 1930s
 Description
Union Canal passing Redding Pit; scene of pit disaster in 1923. There are coal bings on either side and a mineral railway in the foreground.

This photo is not available as a scanned image. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House

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Department
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Maker
Production date
Circa 1930s
Subject place
Redding Pit/Reddingmuirhead Rd/Redding/Polmont area
Union Canal/Redding/Polmont area
Subject notes
In one of the worst mine disaster in Scotland, a pit at Redding flooded on 25 September 1923 and 40 men died as a consequence.
Accession number
P02803

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