Report - Solid Fuel Mine, South Wales - April 2013

[cunningcorgi]

HISTORY

Solid fuel mine, now abandoned.

THE VISIT

After having to spend the best part of 9 weeks in the home country, it was nice to actually get back out again and do something constructive (rather than dodging through old Irish metal mines with their abundance of false floors and stopes) !

1. Looking down the heading

2. The run off bar to stop stray drams hurtling down the drift

3. Coal mine refuge to avoid passing drams

4. Haulage engine

5. Working face

6. Electrics control panel

7. Going further down the drift

8. Air door and pipes

9. The seam

10. Further in

11. Redundant conveyer

12. End of the heading

13. Ventilation cross cut complete with breaking pit props

14. When coal was king...

Thanks for looking

 

[Snake Oil]

Having only seen a small scale mine worked from the 19th till mid 20th century its good to see something newer and how very different it all is

 

[Ojay]

Somehow missed this first time around, looks like I missed out

 

[Punk]

Looks cool cheers for sharing