Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cwmbyrgwm Colliery, photograph

Worsley, Roger (Photographer)

Water balance gear at Cwmbyrgwm Colliery. It was used to haul coal and miners, using only water power, the cages being counterbalanced by water tanks underneath them. Photographer's stamp on the reverse.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2017.53/289

Historical Associations

Association Type: Colliery
Place: Cwmbyrgwm Colliery

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 20th century

Acquisition

old stock, 6/4/2017

Measurements

Length (mm): 168
Width (mm): 216

Techniques

Black and white (monochrome photograph)
Photograph

Material

Paper
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