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Graig Merthyr Colliery, photograph
Workmen waiting to be taken down the drift on a ‘spake’ (man riding train) at Graig Merthyr Colliery, Pontarddulais. The men carry flame safety lamps as their only source of lighting underground. There is not a hard helmet to be seen as they were not generally introduced until the 1930s.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
87.108I/200
Creation/Production
unknown
Date: 1908 (circa)
Acquisition
Donation, 2/7/1987
Measurements
Material
paper
Location
In store
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