Built by Edmund Nuttall Ltd, construction started in 1987 and was completed in 1990, it opened for first use on 8th June 1990. It spans the valley at 60m high and a total length of 350m. 30,000 square metres of concrete were used in it’s construction. Located at Newbridge, it carries the A483 over the River Dee.
Source: Strucurae. Images: Cyril Lloyd.
Sunk during the 1860s by a Mr Blakewell, an eminent mining engineer, who owned the Brynkinallt Coal Co Ltd. The mine was purchased in 1893 by Mr William Young Craig (formerly the MP for North [more]
Front (L-R) Ken Roberts, Winston Williams, Graham Williams, Barry Evans and Melvyn Morris. Back (L-R) Jack Nash (trainer), Jim Clark, Eric Pugh, Ivor Roberts, Alan Roberts, Mike Rogers, Geoff Lloyd and Len Lloyd(committee member). Source: [more]
Black Park Colliery was believed to be one of the oldest collieries in North Wales, thought to date back to at least 1653. It extracted coal from the following seams; Main, Two Yard, Yard and [more]
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