Lambton Colliery, Near Newcastle, New So…

Scarce c.19th engraved view of Lambton coal mine, Newcastle in 1863.

The mine was opened in 1863 by the Scottish-Australian Coal Mining Company’s Lambton Colliery, mine and estate managed by the three Croudace brothers: Frank, Thomas, and Sydney. It operated until the late 1950s.

From the original edition of the Illustrated London News.

References:
De Vries, L. History as Hot News: World of the Early Victorians Through the Eyes of the “Illustrated London News”.. London
1996.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 8438724
State Library Victoria: RARELTEF 052 IL696I
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74Vv5Oy4wEgl