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Tower Colliery, photograph
Closure of Tower Colliery, Hirwaun, showing general view of the crowd in front of the pit's headgear. The red flag bears the date '1831' commemorating the Merthyr Uprising. The flag had been used in October 1993 in a march uniting the workers in the face of impending closure of the colliery by the National Coal Board.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2017.75/19
Creation/Production
Heath, Dorothea
Date: 25/01/2008
Acquisition
Copied image, 1/6/2017
Measurements
Techniques
digitial copy
photograph
Location
In store
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