Looking Down into the River Valley at Lethbridge
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [1885]
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 19891046021-019
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Scope and Content
- Looking down into the river valley at Lethbridge.The inclined railway is visible, as is the chimney for the ventilation fire burning in Drift Mine No. 1.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [1885]
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Physical Condition
- Very Good
- History Biographical
- Ventilation fires have been used in coal mines since the time of the Romans. As a drift mine was dug further and further into the side of the coulee, the problem arose of how to get fresh air to the miners working at the coal face. The solution was to build a fire that, as it burned, would draw fresh air into the mine.
- Scope and Content
- Looking down into the river valley at Lethbridge.The inclined railway is visible, as is the chimney for the ventilation fire burning in Drift Mine No. 1.
- Notes
- The photograph is part of photograph album 19891046021.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19891046021-019
- Collection
- Archive
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