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Coal tram
Sheet wrought iron plateway dram with original load of coal from Blaenant opencast coal site.
During opencast coalmining operations in April 1973 at Blaenant, between Blaenavon and Brynmawr, Mon., a tram, fully loaded with coal, was found still standing on its rail track in the mine roadway. The tram's flangeless cast iron wheels and the cast iron rails, and the fact that the area is known for its early coal mines suggests that the tram is more than 100 years old. It is believed that the tram and its load were buried under a roof fall and have remained in the same position since that happened.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1996.162
Historical Associations
Association Type: place name
Date: 04/1973
Acquisition
Donation, 4/1973
Measurements
Length
(mm): 1860
Width
(mm): 1120
Height
(mm): 1020
Weight
(tonnes): 1
Material
wrought iron
coal
Location
In store
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