2011

ST0391 : Lewis Merthyr Colliery

taken 13 years ago, near to Trehafod, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales

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Lewis Merthyr Colliery
Lewis Merthyr Colliery
During the late 1890's the owners had become Lewis Merthyr Consolidated Collieries Limited and it had developed into a unit with four winding shafts (including Coedcae and Hafod), with a total weekly output averaging 20,000 tons.
By 1908 there were 1,053 men employed at Bertie pit and 1,066 at the Trefor pit.
The colliery was using the latest blast (compressed air) driven coal-cutting machinery in some seams well before the first world war and the annual output reached 1.500.000 tons per year.
Closed in 1983

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Geographical Context: Quarrying, Mining
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ST0391, 52 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Anthony Gostling   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 29 August, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 26 March, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 0398 9110 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:36.6309N 3:23.2837W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 0397 9109
View Direction
Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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