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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Bwllfa Pithead, Aberdare. This Aberdare Valley Colliery still employed women on the surface at this date. In the background is the wooden headgear and behind it the winder house probably housing a single cylinder steam engine as indicated by the large flywheel on the front wall.