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Back-splitting at Kames Training Centre

Back-splitting at Kames Training Centre

©copyright A G Ingram Ltd via Ayrshire Archives

Date From	October 1856	Apprentice miners learning the art of back-splitting the coal face with picks. This photograph was on a training course held Oct-Dec. 1956 - a year before the Kames mining disaster of November 1957.
Date To	December 1856
Theme	Industry
Subtheme 1	Coal
Subtheme 2
Subtheme 3
Place	Kames
Parish	Muirkirk
Format	Photo
Resource Type	Black & White Print
Source	Ayrshire Archives
Reference	B153-8
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Creator	A G Ingram Ltd
Commissioned by	n/k
Copyright Holder	©copyright A G Ingram Ltd via Ayrshire Archives

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