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Box Flat Colliery, New Office, Swanbank, Ipswich, 1959
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TitleBox Flat Colliery, New Office, Swanbank, Ipswich, 1959Date Created1959StudioWhitehead StudiosAcknowledgementWhitehead Family
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DescriptionNew Office building at Box Flat Colliery mine. Box Flat Colliery commenced in 1897 at Parkhead on Patrick & Ella Streets, Swanbank. Box Flat Extended No. 5 Colliery commenced in 1940 on Swanbank Rd, Swanbank. A massive explosion at 2:47am on 31st July 1972 at Box Flat mine killed 17 men and badly injured several others. A small fire started in the mine about 300 metres underground. After several attempts to close doors in a tunnel, a team of 14 men started to seal off stone drives about one kilometre from the entrance. Three more men were at the surface in the entrance to No 5 conveyor belt tunnel. The 17 men included nine officials and employees of Box Flat mine and eight men from the Mines Rescue Station. References (offline)Information contributed by Hugh Taylor, Willis L. Haenke Historical Foundation, 14 April, 2015R. Buchanan, 'Ipswich in the 20th century; celebrating 100 years as a city 1904 – 2004', 2004
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BusinessesBox Flat CollieryCurated CollectionsWhitehead Studios - The Whitehead CollectionDefining Tulmur | IpswichDreaming of Tomorrow: Industrial ArchitectureDreaming of Tomorrow: Mining
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