Title

Honister Slate Mines, Cumbria, c1955-c1980

Caption

Honister Slate Mines, Cumbria, c1955-c1980. An exterior view of the entrance to the mine. The mine closed in the 1980s but reopened in 1997 as a working mine with associated tourist facilities.

Date

1955

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/English Heritage

Reference

HRM19F09_362

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

67,5Mb (5,0Mb) / 19,9in x 13,2in / 5962 x 3955 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph weather transport transportation England season mountain mountains industry country snow British geography tunnel Cumbria lake district English railway industrial mining entrance railway line location railway tracks mine pass slate Britain train track railway track fell B&W honister pass MONOCHROME wintry black & white black and white B W English Heritage Cumbrian geographical feature TGN winter photograph Honister Slate Mine slate mining Ursula Clark Clark Ursula