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Coal wagon
Seven plank open mineral wagon to 1923 Railway Clearing House specification, builder and former owners unknown. Obtained 1988 from the National Coal Board’s Cwm Coke Works where it had been in internal use without any painted livery. Rebuilt by the Museum in 1989 and again later, on the latter rebuild being painted with two different replica Welsh colliery private owner coal wagon liveries: “Blaenavon” on one side, and “Tirpentwys” on the other side, both liveries copied from published photographs.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
87.252I/2 ED
Historical Associations
Association Type: colliery
Association Type: place name
Association Type: place name
Acquisition
Donation, 31/12/1987
Measurements
Length
(mm): 5940
Width
(mm): 2600
Height
(mm): 2438
Weight
(tons): 5
Material
wood
metal
Location
Big Pit National Coal Museum : Sawmill/Mortar Mill Building
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