Coed Talon Colliery Co
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The Coed Talon Colliery Company of Coed Talon in Flintshire
See also Coed Talon Iron Works
1851 'The Great Exhibition. ... Mining and Metallurgy. ..... Mr. Edward Oakeley.- Column of steam coal weighing 10 tons, front Coed Talon, Flintshire.' [1]
See here for a poor quality photograph of large blocks of Welsh steam coal from the collieries of Edward Oakeley, Esq, at Coed Talon and Leeswood, exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition.[2]. See also here for a higher quality version [3]
1874 Built one locomotive for their own use. [4]
1885 Acquired by Hughes and Lancaster[5]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Morning Chronicle - Thursday 15 May 1851
- ↑ [1] Royal Collection Trust: Hugh Owen (1808-97) 'Large Blocks of Coal' 1851
- ↑ [2] Facebook: Photographs and History of Leeswood, Coed Talon, Pontybodkin & Pontblyddyn: J Keith Davies · 11 August 2024
- ↑ British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- ↑ London Gazette 18 Dec 1885