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Six Bells Colliery, Abertillery, c. 1967
  • Waunllwyd Colliery was sunk in 1874 and demolished in 1974.
Waunllwyd Colliery, Ebbw Vale
  • This photograph of Cefn Coed Colliery shows many buildings which have since been demolished. Still visible - and visitable - today is the chimney, two head frames, winding house and boiler room.
Cefn Coed Colliery, c. 1955
  • In the early 1930s, Cefn Coed Colliery, with a depth of 689m, was the deepest anthracite mine in the world.
Cefn Coed Colliery, early 1930s
Old Abercanaid Pit, near Merthyr Tydfil, 1896
Postcard of Penybont Pit, Abertillery, 1908