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Wankie [Hwange] Colliery, 1950 - 1967

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052G/15

Scope and Contents

Showing by-products coke ovens and the bench on which the coke is water cooled, with railway track and freight trucks for transportation in the centre of the photograph. Part of a tank containing crude tar recovered from the coke oven glasses be seen in the foreground.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950 - 1967

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Extent

1 photographic print(s) : photograph

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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