Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Lewis Merthyr Colliery, photograph

Cornwell, John (Mr) (John Cornwell was a freelance photographer who took many photographs of collieries, mostly in south Wales and the English Midlands, both underground and on the surface, during the 1970s and early 1980s. He perfected a method of underground photography using the standard colliery lighting and was able to photograph coal faces, roadways, shafts and equipment with amazing clarity. In addition to photographing working mines he also recorded abandoned mine workings, above and below ground. John Cornwell was also well respected in the broader field of industrial archaeology. He published a number of books on Welsh and English collieries. The copyright of his south Wales images are now owned by Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales.)

Taking out cage and winding ropes at Lewis Merthyr Colliery. Photographers details printed on label on reverse.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

86.115I/14

Creation/Production

Cornwell, John (Mr)
Date: 1983 (circa)

Acquisition

Donation, 13/8/1986

Measurements

Length (mm): 204
Width (mm): 254

Techniques

black and white (monochrome photograph)
photograph

Material

paper

Location

In store

Categories

coal Mid Glamorgan 1980s
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