Tower Colliery (Welsh: Glofa'r Tŵr) was the oldest continuously working deep-coal mine in the United Kingdom, and possibly the world, until its closure...
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companies placed two collieries on the land, the Tower (Later known as East Brookside) and the Brookside. Near the collieries, Tower began to develop a...
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transported down by rail. Northeast Wales also had its own coalfield and Tower Colliery (closed January 2008) near Hirwaun is regarded by many as the oldest...
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the original TVR route, beyond the former Abercwmboi Halt to access Tower Colliery, the line diverts onto the route of the former Vale of Neath Railway...
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geological complexity adding to their problems. The last deep mine, at Tower Colliery on the north crop, ceased mining in January 2008. However, a few small...
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Peckett & Sons. Three were built; no. 2124 for Tower Colliery in 1951 and nos. 2150 and 2151 for Mardy Colliery in 1954. No. 2150 has been preserved and is...
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Svengali Good Arrows Aberfan, ITV Wales/Sky News, 2006 The Last Miner, The Tower Colliery Story, ITV Wales, 2007 Soccer Sunday, ITV Wales, 2004–2008 The Story...
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associated sidings, plus junctions for: The Hirwaun Ironworks railway Tower Colliery Penderyn quarry tramway Tir Herbert brickworks Hirwaun Common railway...
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Dean in Fife Glenmuckloch in Dumfriesshire Tower Colliery site in Hirwaun The deep mine at Tower Colliery closed in 2008, but there is a plan to build...
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