Video – Miners bid farewell to tower…

Blast drops South Yorkshire coal mine landmark.

The tower at South Yorkshire Maltby coal mine is no more.

Situated in England’s Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, the Yorkshire coal mine has been in existence since 1914. At its peak, the mine was capable of producing more than one million tons of coal a year.

Ex-miners and surface workers gathered to see the 78-meter high building reduced to rubble.

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