The first shaft was sunk at Betteshanger Colliery in 1924. In April 1934 a new block housing pit head baths and other facilities was opened, funded by the Mines Welfare Committee. The pit operated until 1989 and was the final Kent colliery to close.
This is part of the Series: FEL01/02 Photographs Taken By Herbert Felton For The Architect And Building News, The Architects' Journal, And The Architectural Review; within the Collection: FEL01 Herbert Felton Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Felton, (Leo) Herbert
Canteen, Early 20th Century Colliery