Penallta Colliery was a coal mine, located close to Hengoed in the Rhymney Valley in the South Wales Valleys. A coal mine which in 1935 held the European record for coal wound in a 24-hour period, it is now the site of an original redevelopment project which will make use of the former pit head buildings.
PenalltaColliery was a coal mine, located close to Hengoed in the Rhymney Valley in the South Wales Valleys. A coal mine which in 1935 held the European...
neighbouring Coleg Morgannwg to form Coleg y Cymoedd in 2013. The nearby PenalltaColliery was the last coal mine to close in the valley. Other notable buildings...
covered with living grass, in a country park on the site of the former PenalltaColliery, north of Caerphilly, Wales. The artwork was named by local people...
Dragons. Penallta Rugby Football Club is based in Ystrad Mynach. The rugby club was inaugurated by a group of miners from Penalltacolliery in 1952 and...
branch. The line closed in 1991 after the end of coal winning at PenalltaColliery. In 1896 the Barry Railway began an invasion of the Rhymney Railway's...
of meteorologist Julius von Hann), to design the colliery, having previously designed PenalltaColliery. To sink the shaft the company used the same experience...
is also a linear park, along the old railway line which connected PenalltaColliery with Hengoed Viaduct and beyond. The viaduct and park are part of...
North) Ogilvie Colliery, Deri, South Wales. Closed 1975. Parc Slip CollieryPenalltaColliery Pentremawr Colliery Prince of Wales Colliery in Abercarn closed...
information Kincardine Bridge Firth of Forth Scotland 2005 LB50078 PenalltaColliery Hengoed Wales Preston Mill East Lothian Scotland 1971 LB14531 18th...
have at least one year's experience of mining, so began working at PenalltaColliery. He remained there for several months until suffering a minor accident...
King's Dock, part of Swansea Docks, is opened. First coal raised from PenalltaColliery. The first mines rescue station in south Wales is opened at Aberaman...
tunnel) to road traffic as part of A55 Conwy Bypass. 8 November - PenalltaColliery closes. date unknown - The Welsh Office proposes an M4 relief road...
football in 1965. After retiring from football, Reynolds worked at the PenalltaColliery, near Hengoed. Reynolds was also a keen cricketer and played for Blackwood...
Merthyr Tydfil during a period of industrial unrest in South Wales. PenalltaColliery takes the European record for amount of coal wound in a 24-hour period...
Instru-ment Maker, Metropolitan Police. John Edward Davies, Colliery First Aid Attendant, PenalltaColliery, East Wales Area, National Coal Board. William Henry...
Area, Reading. (Bourne End). Albert Edward Cook, Training Officer, PenalltaColliery, South Western Division, National Coal Board. (Hengoed). George Hubert...
branch opened on 1 August 1906 to access the new Powell Duffryn owned PenalltaColliery. The latter line closed in 1991 and has since been lifted, but the...
Moth, Forest Worker, Fountain Forestry Ltd. Graham Munkley, Colliery Overman, PenalltaColliery, South Wales Area, National Coal Board. Ian Hector Murchison...
working in a number of local pits such as Wyllie, Penallta, and Oakdale. In 1874 and 1875, Gelligroes Colliery was established, striking the Mynyddislwyn Red...
town, Bargoed grew into a substantial town following the opening of a colliery in 1903. By 1921 Bargoed had a population of 17,901; this has been steadily...
in industrial service, and after working at various collieries was moved to Deep Duffryn Colliery at Mountain Ash in 1970, where an ex-GWR fitter kept...
of the largest mining disaster in British history: the 1913 Senghenydd Colliery Disaster when 439 miners died. The Aber Valley Male Voice Choir was created...
Western Railway/GWR Hereford to Quakers Yard, via Crumlin, Hengoed and Penallta Junction 9 June 1958 (to goods traffic) Newtown to Brecon Line Mid-Wales...
Gwyddyl). The flood happened because they built on a floodplain. Llanbradach Colliery was opened in the 1890s, and reached peak production in the 1930s, but...
1895-1900 through industrialisation brought by the development of Abertysswg Colliery, the first shaft of which was sunk in 1897. The village is within the South...
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