Coal Mines Limburg. In the foreground sled with wooden struts. These are pointed so that they do not shatter as easily under pressure. Behind them wooden hoods. Mine wood was pine and/or pitch pine (in this period often coming from Germany). Reason: it is always straight, cheap and fibrous. The latter causes it to wring and gives a cracking sound under pressure so that the miner is warned, November 21, 1945, wood, mining, mines, The Netherlands, 20th century press agency photo, news to remember, documentary, historic photography 1945-1990, visual stories, human history of the Twentieth Century, capturing moments in time
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Coal Mines Limburg, foreground sled, wooden struts, pointed, do, shatter, easily under pressure, wooden hoods, Mine wood, pine, pitch pine, period, coming, Germany, Reason, straight, cheap, fibrous, latter causes, wring, gives, cracking sound under pressure, miner, warned, November 21, 1945, wood, mining, mines, Netherlands, 20th century, press agency photo, news to remember, documentary, historic photography, 1945-1990, visual stories, human history, Twentieth Century, moments in time
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