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Big Pit National Coal Museum (Welsh: Pwll Mawr Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru) is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales.A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 as a charitable trust called the Big Pit (Blaenavon) Trust.
The Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Pont-y-pŵl a Blaenafon) is a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) volunteer-run heritage railway in South Wales, running trains between a halt platform opposite the Whistle Inn public house (famed for its collection of miners' lamps) southwards to the town of Blaenavon via a two-platform station at the site of former colliery furnace of the Big Pit ...
Big Pit Halt railway station is a railway station on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway heritage line, adjacent to Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales. Big Pit Halt during construction. The station opened on 6 April (Good Friday) 2012, [1] however the line to Big Pit actually opened on Friday 16 September 2011. [2]
The Big Pit was the last deep coal mine to remain operational in the area. The surface buildings, winding gear and underground workings are still in excellent condition. [2] The Big Pit coal mine, now managed by Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, was worked from around 1860 until 1980.
Berger, Stefan Llafur. "Working-Class Culture and the Labour Movement in the South Wales and the Ruhr Coalfields, 1850-2000: A Comparison," Journal of Welsh Labour History/Cylchgrawn Hanes Llafur Cymru (2001) 8#2 pp 5-40. Bick, David E. "The Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales", Parts 1-6, 1993, ISBN 0 906885 12 4; Curtis, Ben.
The Church in Wales church of St Peter The Church in Wales church of St Paul The Former Municipal Offices in Lion Street Big Pit National Coal Museum Rail manufactured in Blaenavon, seen in Sweden Horeb Baptist church. Blaenavon literally means "head of the river" or loosely "river's source" in the Welsh language.
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Newport – the third-largest city in Wales. [3] An influx of visitors occurred in 2010 when the city hosted golf's Ryder Cup at the Celtic Manor Resort. [4] Attractions include Tredegar House and Gardens, the Transporter Bridge, [2] the ancient Roman fortress at Caerleon and National Roman Legion Museum. The Big Pit National Coal Museum is at ...