Mines and mining The National Archives
1. Why use this guide? The National Archives does not hold mining or quarrying personnel records. Information about individual miners and other staff, if i
1. Why use this guide? The National Archives does not hold mining or quarrying personnel records. Information about individual miners and other staff, if i
The rich geological and industrial legacy of Wales has given us a huge openair museum waiting to be explored.
Aims to improve water quality in Coal Creek, a Clinch River tributary in Anderson County. Includes mine reclamation and fishing information, photos, maps, history ...
Rhondda Heritage Park The Welsh Mining Experience, follow in the footsteps of the miners who once worked at the Merthyr Colliery, heart of the Rhondda Valley.
Mine Lookout. Return to Burra Heritage Trail. Mine Lookout: From 1845 until 1867 the Burra Mine was an underground mine worked to a maximum depth of 90 fathoms .
Behold remnants of the past and peruse the wonders of the park in a building original to the coal field. The Sidney Flat Visitor Center contains displays of ...
Title: Coal. Subject: Durham Coal miners. Source: BBC Archive
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Background, by Dave Johnson . In 1917 the Coal Coke Company, a subsidiary of Steel, built the community of Lynch, Kentucky, then the world''s ...
The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the Welsh village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil, that killed 116 children and 28 ...
A short history of coal mining in Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne from Medieval times to the 1990s
Coal was the fuel that powered the Industrial Revolution. The reliance on steam engines meant a huge increase in the demand for coal and the men women and children ...
Big Pit National Coal Museum other mining museums in Wales. The Big Pit National Coal Museum is located at Blaenavon, and in 2005 it won the prestigious Gulbenkian ...
Photographs and a brief historical account of more than 200 Welsh coal mines, plus stories poems and a list of colliery disasters.
Real coal mine and mining museum. Includes details of the underground tour, exhibitions, events and visitor information.