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Micklam Clay Mine, Lowca
Micklam Clay Mine
locality:-   Micklam
civil parish:-   Lowca (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   mine
locality type:-   clay pit (?) 
locality type:-   coal mine (?) 
coordinates:-   NX98042232 (about) 
1Km square:-   NX9822
10Km square:-   NX92

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 9) 
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Old Coal Pit"


photograph
BML02.jpg  Continuous haulage tubs, about 1970.
 Courtesy of Keswick Mining Museum.

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