Paypal is the most popular method of making credit card purchases on the internet today. This book enhanced my knowledge of the pits where my greatgrandfather, my grandfather and uncle worked from the 1890s through to their closures in the 1960s. South duffryn colliery, pentrebach, merthyr tydfil on the welsh coal mines site. The first pits were sunk during 1873 and is recorded to have been worked by the graigola colliery company by 19. Locomotive history before this austerity left the hunslet works in leeds confusion on its identity started.
Pontypridd to abercanaid, the industrial archaeology and history. Rhondda heritage park, trehafod, rhondda, south wales is a tourist attraction which offers an insight into the life of the coal mining community that existed in the area until the 1980s visitors can experience the life of the coal miners on a guided tour through one of the mine shafts of the lewis merthyr colliery. Crowdfunding to the birchrockgraig merthyr colliery. Merthyr vale to pentrebach rhydycar the cynon valley merthyr tydfil and the north cwm pit or cwm colliery so 0442 0431 cwm pit or cwm colliery was sunk in 1845 by robert crawshay and was the start of the 1766 tubboat canal to cyfarthfa ironworks. Barry yoxall, the num secretary for taff merthyr is at the front with the tie and purple jacket. If we are serious about tackling climate change, coal, the dirtiest of fossil f an open cast or.
Lewis merthyr colliery lamp check square, brass colliery lamp check or token from ncb graig merthyr colliery, south wales. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. There were 183 collieries in south wales operating on vesting day. Its fast and totally secure, and you dont have to be a paypal member to make payment. Graig merthyr colliery yard in 1977 with a long journey of. Many of the companies records were damaged or destroyed by fire at the graig companys offices in merthyr house, cardiff docks in 1945. On sunday october 29 1905, a huge fire of unknown origin set off several explosions in the stanford merthyr colliery. Wales was famous for its coal mining, in the rhondda valley, the south wales valleys and throughout the south wales coalfield and by 19 barry had become the largest coal exporting port in the world, with. Memories of graig merthyr colliery has 790 members.
The following is a list of mining accidents where there were five or more fatalities. Graig colliery merthyr, taibach colliery, dan y deri colliery. Cwm rhondda, is a former coal mining valley in wales, formerly a local government district, consisting of 16 communities built around the river rhondda. When the 50 cory boys the cory boys were employed at the graig merthyr colliery, pontardulais, which was owned by the cory brothers company returned. If you have any images or information associated with the band and its history, please contact us here. Photos of graig merthyr colliery coal mine upload archivehistoric photos. After buying the winding house, which came with five acres of land, mrs frame discovered that her greatgrandfather had worked there. Historic photographs of graig merthyr colliery photo ref 97986 discuss in forum. Dates in brackets indicate the date that the colliery merged with another. It was an area which produced iron rather than things made of iron. There was a second level at so 1919 0279 working from 1923 to 1925 when the colliery closed. Clarke was employed to sink the first trial shaft in 1851. A trial pit was dug in 1851, and the colliery was closed in 1926.
The graigola seam produced high quality coal which had a very low percentage of ash. Archive or historic photograph of graig merthyr colliery on the mining history web site uk. The collection includes minutes, annual reports, journals, ledgers and shareholding books. Taff merthyr colliery alan georges old merthyr tydfil.
Cwm, ebbw vale and beaufort, the industrial archaeology and. Aug 28, 2017 after buying the winding house, which came with five acres of land, mrs frame discovered that her greatgrandfather had worked there. The bute merthyr colliery, in treherbert in the rhondda valley, was the first colliery to produce steam coal in the rhondda valley. Rhondda heritage park exists on the site of the former lewis merthyr colliery as a testament to the coal mining history of the rhondda valleys, which until the end of the 20th century was one of the most important coal mining areas in the world in an area only 16 miles 26 km long, rhondda alone had over 53 working collieries at one time. Please ensure you check any spelling when making a personalised order, as these mistakes cannot be rectified and therefore no refund made. Two shafts were sunk here between 1922 and 1924, to a depth of 630 yards. The list below attempts to show a complete list of levels and collieries opened within the rhondda.
The mine was opened in 1863 by the graigola merthyr company, a member of the monmouthshire and south wales coal owners association. Graig merthyr colliery, line of drams in the graigola seam note the. A level is seen as a horizontal cut into a hill or mountain to access a seam of coal, while a colliery consists of shafts mined into the earth to reach seams of coal underground. Over the years it has acquired a covering of oak trees and willow scrub. The drift mine stopped producing coal in the early 1960s but was kept open until 1978 to provide ventilation and pumping for the graig merthyr colliery to the west. While researching my family history, ive heard mentioned an aunty mary ellen who was banished out to the mountains for being a witch. Wales, united kingdom mine accidents that occured in this mine. This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies.
Colliery states the name the colliery or level was known as when it first opened. The melting pot the heritage and culture of merthyr tydfil. Vol 1 having lived in pontypridd for a number of years i was aware of the collieries in that area. Historic photographs of graig merthyr colliery photo ref. Memories of cory workers photos, information exchange and the graig merthyr memorial this page is. The second penyfan colliery had been established c1889 by christopher pond, with tramways and an incline down to graig fawr colliery. As numerous as this list over 6,000 it still represents only a small proportion of welsh miners killed at their workplace. The history of merthyr is a history written in superlatives. In 1917 the owners changed their name to the graigola merthyr co. Time keepers record of stamps issued and used 19581962. Hidden away behind the houses in gowerton is a tenacre plot of woodland. Welfare edit edit source cardiff society of sailmakers, 18931938 clms41166.
Talyfanfach was apparently the only one located on the west side of the railway line and whilst shown on the 1876 o. Robert has made a face book site encompassing cory, brynlliw etc if you guys. He published a number of books on welsh and english collieries. In actions that would ultimately prove catastrophic in its consequences, for 50 years prior to the disaster the deposits of mining debris from the merthyr vale colliery were piled up on the side of the nearby mynydd merthyr. This sits on a hillside site at godrer graig overlooking the former tareni colliery. By the 1820s, merthyr was the source of 40% of britains iron exports. Cwm, ebbw vale and beaufort, the industrial archaeology.
By the beginning of the last century it employed nearly 500 men. The colliery photographs of john cornwell national museum wales. Childs, dowlais worlds largest ironworks, merthyr tydfil 1840. When the coal industry was nationalised in 1947, there were 250 collieries in wales. Ferndale pits blaenllechau colliery, tylorstown, rhondda cynon taf, wales, uk mineral andor locality is an outreach project of the hudson institute of. Ferndale pits blaenllechau colliery, tylorstown, rhondda cynon taf, wales, uk mineral andor locality is an outreach project of the hudson institute of mineralogy, a 501c3 notforprofit organization. Get the best deal for other mining collectibles from the largest online selection at. Millerite from britannic merthyr colliery, gilfach coch. Information, history photographs current and archive and documents for graig merthyr colliery coal mine.
The rhondda valleys were, between 1860 and 1939, one of the worlds most important coal mining regions. Both the singular term rhondda valley and the plural rhondda valleys. Glamorgan maritime records genealogy familysearch wiki. Life in the area has changed enormously since then. If a site was expanded from a level to a colliery, or significant additional shafts were added, the column formerly draws attention to the original site name. The first pits were sunk during 1873 and is recorded to have. The views today are of wooded mountains, with a number of former colliery waste tips still extant and ruins of colliery buildings high on the mountainside opposite, but it is still part of the local communities.
Graig merthyr colliery was sited near pontardulais in the amman valley. In 1849, marquess of bute bought the cwmsaerbren farm from william davies for. The glamorgan family history society have produced a set of microfiche containing monumental inscriptions for the following burial grounds parish church of st. Merthyr telegraph 21 may 1870 merthyr telegraph 28 may 1870 merthyr telegraph 17 december 1870 author merthyr. Graig merthyr colliery coal mine information and photos aditnow. List of collieries in the rhondda valleys wikipedia. Memories of graig merthyr colliery public group facebook. But was the birch rock colliery the same pit as graig merthyr. The rhondda heritage park, a museum commemorating rhonddas industrial past, is situated just south of porth in the former lewis merthyr colliery in the small former mining village of trehafod. The wall will be mounted with engraved plaques of lives lost while working at the birchrockcraig merthyr colliery and also in memory of miners killed in the great war. If we are serious about tackling climate change, coal, the dirtiest of fossil f an open cast or drift coal mine in the hunter valley, new south wales. Crowdfunding to the birchrockgraig merthyr colliery memorial. Images of pant cemetery, near merthyr tydfil, by brian wagstaffe.
History of graig merthyr colliery the flood storage area has been constructed near the site of graig merthyr colliery. They thought i was mad to restore colliery building. In the mid 1700s, merthyr tydfil was just a small welsh farming village in the upper taff valley. Check the companys details for free and view the companies house. It was the first town in wales the first real town, at least. Check the companys details for free and view the companies house information, company documents and list of directors. Jun 16, 2017 the wall will be mounted with engraved plaques of lives lost while working at the birchrockcraig merthyr colliery and also in memory of miners killed in the great war. Tyrone dark was my brotherinlaw and he died in a mining accident 30 years ago so i will be doing this in his memory. Cwmtillery colliery south wales colliery, monmouthshire 23 16 december 1875 swaithe main colliery, yorkshire 143 9 december 1875 llan pentyrch colliery, glamorganshire 16 4 of whom died in the following 2 weeks 4 december 1875 peny graig colliery, glamorganshire 2 24 december 1874 bignall hill colliery, staffordshire 17. The first commercial coal seam was worked in the dulais valley in 1849 and between 1906 and 1919 typically 1,000 to 1,500 tonnes of coal was mined daily with records showing 495 men employed at graig merthyr colliery in 1908. Clydach merthyr colliery was situated near clydach in the swansea valley. Perhaps the most famous and heartwrenching disaster was the aberfan incident on 21st october 1966.
Colliery photos john cornwell was a freelance photographer who took many photographs of collieries, mostly in south wales and the english midlands, both underground and on the surface, during the 1970s and early 1980s. Cynon taf archives by lewismerthyr musical director craig roberts in 2018. South wales coalfield northern mine research society. Mining in wales provided a significant source of income to the economy of wales throughout the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. This amount includes seller specified uk postage charges as well as applicable. The british government and welsh employment bodies funded and subsidized external businesses to locate new ventures within the valleys to replace the.
The history of the talyfan mines is far from clear as is illustrated by the following. During the first half of the nineteenth century mining was often at the centre of workingclass discontent in wales, and a number of uprisings such as the merthyr rising in 1831 against employers were a characteristic of the industrial revolution in wales, dic penderyn became a martyr to industrial workers. Historic photographs of graig merthyr colliery photo ref 97978 discuss in forum. Like the seven valley a little further to the north, at ironbridge in shropshire, the upper taff valley contained all of the necessary ingredients for a successful iron industry iron ore, limestone for lining furnaces, mountain streams to provide water power and forests to supply timber for. Merthyr colliery lamp checks for sale in uk view ads. Rhondda project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Historic photographs of graig merthyr colliery photo ref 97986. Taff merthyr colliery demolition photograph courtesy of robert amos taff merthyr locomotive taff merthyr south wales miners march past taff merthyr during the closure of taff merthyr. Where blank means five or more, but the exact numbers are unknown to me at present. The valley is made up of two valleys, the larger rhondda fawr valley mawr large and the smaller rhondda fach valley bach small. Miner at tower colliery hirwaun south wales uk eu on the day the pit closed with pit head in background an open cast or drift coal mine in the hunter valley, new south wales. Graig merthyr colliery coal mine information and photos. Graig merthyr colliery yard in 1977 with a long journey of drams waiting to be run into the mine. Ffochriw colliery near merthyr on the welsh coal mines site.
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