Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Ffaldau Colliery

From Graces Guide

Pontycymmer

Worked from 1876 to 1985. History detailed in the Welsh Coal Mines website [1]

1903 'When the 40-ton flywheel at Flaldan [sic] Colliery. Pontycymmer burst into fragments through the driving strap slipping off, a piece weighing 5cwt. fell upon a bakehouse a hundred yards away.'[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] Ffaldau Colliery webpage, Welsh Coal Mines website
  2. Nottingham Evening Post, 12th February 1903