Tirpentwys Collection

Miner riding drams, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
A miner riding a journey of drams (coal trucks) at Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. Date: 1910

Miners at the pit bottom, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
A group of miners at the pit bottom of Tirpentwys Colliery, near Pontypool in South Wales

View of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
View of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Derelict Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
View of the derelict Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. The foreground is littered with pieces of wood, including an empty coffin which has broken apart. The colliery closed in 1969

Miners at the pit bottom, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
A group of miners at the pit bottom of Tirpentwys Colliery, near Pontypool in South Wales

Aerial view, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Winding man, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
The winding man at the coal face in Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Derelict Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
View of the derelict Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. The foreground is littered with pieces of wood, including an empty coffin which has broken apart. The colliery closed in 1969

Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
An aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
An aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Main haulage track, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
A miner stands alongside the main haulage track or road at Tirpentwys Colliery, near Pontypool in South Wales

Evidence of side movement, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
Evidence of side movement, with a broken prop on the left, in a coal seam at Tirpentwys Colliery, near Pontypool in South Wales

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