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An INDUSTRIAL NAMEPLATE "WATH MAIN COLLIERY N...

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An INDUSTRIAL NAMEPLATE  WATH MAIN COLLIERY N...
An INDUSTRIAL NAMEPLATE "WATH MAIN COLLIERY NO.5". As carried by an 0-6-0ST with inside cylinders built by Hunslet as Works No. 633 in 1895. It was named "WATH MAIN COLLIERY No.1", and worked at the Wath Main Colliery Company Ltd's Wath Main Colliery. It was scrapped in 1934 and the nameplates were transferred (with the "1" altered to "5") to an 0-6-0ST with outside cylinders built by Yorkshire Engine as Works No. 2305 in 1931. It became NCB property on 1st January 1947, was renumbered "14" and scrapped in 1966. Rectangular cast brass, with bottom appendage. 57 1/2", slightly convex. Face-polished and repainted only. Impressive.