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Big Pit Colliery, photograph

Free Press of Monmouthshire (The)

Four men with electric hand lamp. Supposed to be the first electric hand lamp in use at Big Pit Colliery, c.1920s.

Big Pit Colliery, photograph
Image: By kind permission of Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales. © Unknown. If you have any information that may assist us in identifying a © holder, please contact images@museumwales.ac.uk
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Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2001.1/608

Creation/Production

Free Press of Monmouthshire (The)

Acquisition

donation, 1/2/2001

Measurements

Length (mm): 148
Width (mm): 210

Techniques

Black and white (monochrome photograph)
Photograph

Material

Paper

Categories

Coal Gwent (county name) 1920s

Classification

events royal/v.i.p. visits
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