
Brynkinalt Colliery, Chirk
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]
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]
The Llay Main Colliery was one of the largest and the most modern colliery in the North Wales coalfield. Sinking had begun in December 1914 and completed in the summer of 1916. It employed 2,600 [more]
The colliery was the property of Thomas Clayton with Mr. Frederick Hutchinson as the certificated manager of the Pendwill Pit of the Brynmally Colliery. The Pits were known as the Nos. 1 and 3 and [more]
The colliery was the property of the Bersham Coal Company and had recently been sunk to the Main Coal Seam and the workings in the mine were not very extensive but the coal was known [more]
The Stiwt Theatre. Formerly the “Miner’s Institute” (Plas Mwynwyr), which was built in 1926 and dominated the social and cultural life of the village until 1977 when it closed. The local council, which had purchased [more]
Wynnstay Colliery or The Green Pit. Ruabon. The New British Iron Company owned the colliery. The workings were ventilated by a split of the air at the extremity of the horse road and then behind [more]
Mine workers getting on public transport in 1938. Broad Street, Rhos, Wrexham. Bersham Colliery Pic supplied by NWN Media
Four Legged Hero of Hafod Colliery. A deep mine was sunk at Hafod in the 1860s by Ruabon Coal Company and, at its peak production employed nearly 2,000 workers and worked for a hundred years. [more]
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