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Slag Collection

Background imageSlag Collection: Unemployed miners, Cilfynydd, Pontypridd

Unemployed miners, Cilfynydd, Pontypridd
Unemployed miners at Cilfynydd near Pontypridd in South Wales. They watch the buckets tipping slag in case any lumps of coal can be found. Date: circa 1936

Background imageSlag Collection: Gold Mine Headgear - Witwatersrand (East) - South Africa

Gold Mine Headgear - Witwatersrand (East) - South Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSlag Collection: National Coal Strike of 1912 - searching through slag heap

National Coal Strike of 1912 - searching through slag heap
The National Coal Strike of 1912 - searching through slag heap for pieces of coal to burn.. The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom

Background imageSlag Collection: Man on coal spoil tip Blaenavon, South Wales

Man on coal spoil tip Blaenavon, South Wales
A man walks along the edge of a coal spoil tip above council houses in Blaenavon, South Wales. 1988

Background imageSlag Collection: The Oven or Kiln, Chepy Brickworks, Marne department, France

The Oven or Kiln, Chepy Brickworks, Marne department, France
The Oven or Kiln, Chepy Brickworks (Briqueterie) - Marne department in north-eastern France. Date: circa 1907

Background imageSlag Collection: Slag heap and mining complex around Loos February 18

Slag heap and mining complex around Loos February 18
Slag heap and mining complex around Loos. February 18. 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Background imageSlag Collection: Aberfan: the desolate village

Aberfan: the desolate village
The front page of The Illustrated London News, reporting on the Aberfan disaster. An aerial view of the path of destruction left by the rain-soaked coal tip that slipped 500 yards down

Background imageSlag Collection: House and slag heap near Swansea

House and slag heap near Swansea
A house near Swansea is becoming overwhelmed by a nearby slag heap. A man clambers up the heap to inspect its progress. Date: circa 1936

Background imageSlag Collection: Men searching for coal on slag heap

Men searching for coal on slag heap
A line of unemployed men carrying sacks search for lumps of coal on a slag heap in South Wales. In the background are railway lines and clouds of smoke and steam rising from the engines


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