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Specimen / miner's tool / miner's shoe

Description

One of a collection of miners' tools as used in Canonbie Colliery - a pair of new miner's shoes

Museum reference

T.1856.108.10

Object name

Specimen / miner's tool / miner's shoe

Associations

Canonbie (Colliery), Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

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Coal mining implement / bowl / part Coal mining implement / bowl / part

One of a group of coal mining implements found in a reopened pit near Stevenston, Ayrshire - part of a wooden bowl used for removing water from the coal face, 1772 - 1773. Broken into two parts.

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