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Museum of Industry

147 North Foord Streer, Stellarton, Nova Scotia
(902) 755-5425
https://museumofindustry.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/coal-a...

Pictou County, located in northeastern Nova Scotia, is home not only to the Museum of Industry, but to a rich history of coal mining. In fact, the beginnings of the industrial revolution in our province can be traced to the arrival here in 1827 of British technology, capital and workers to establish deep coal mines similar to what existed at home. Coal and Grit is a small permanent exhibit that tells the story of mining coal in this area from those early beginnings up to and including the surface (open pit) mines in operation in 2008. Highlighted is the Westray Disaster of 1992, which killed 26 miners and is still remembered vividly by Nova Scotians.

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    guestBook Guestbook/ Maia11/ May 15, 2017

    We were pleasantly surprised at the quality of exhibits. Well worth a few hours learning about mining, and remembering the tragic Westray Mine disaster.

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    guestBook Guestbook/ Maia11/ May 15, 2017

    We were pleasantly surprised at the quality of exhibits. Well worth a few hours learning about mining, and remembering the tragic Westray Mine disaster.

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Pictou County, located in northeastern Nova Scotia, is home not only to the Museum of Industry, but to a rich history of coal mining. In fact, the beginnings of the industrial revolution in our province can be traced to the arrival here in 1827 of British technology, capital and workers to establish deep coal mines similar to what existed at home. Coal and Grit is a small permanent exhibit that tells the story of mining coal in this area from those early beginnings up to and including the surface (open pit) mines in operation in 2008. Highlighted is the Westray Disaster of 1992, which killed 26 miners and is still remembered vividly by Nova Scotians.

147 North Foord Streer, Stellarton, Nova Scotia
(902) 755-5425
https://museumofindustry.novascotia.ca/what-see...
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Photo: Photo taken from Wikipedia.org

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