Coal stocks at Whitebirk Power Station in January 1974.
THIS image casts a light on East Lancashire's industrial past.
The picture, dug out from the Lancashire Telegraph's archives, shows coal stocks at Whitebirk Power Station in January 1974.
The power station, which was opened in 1921, closed in 1976.
The Peel Centre retail park, which is there on the site today, was built in its place in the 1980s.
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