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Prince of Wales Colliery, film slide
Cornwell, John (Mr) (John Cornwell was a freelance photographer who took many photographs of collieries, mostly in south Wales and the English Midlands, both underground and on the surface, during the 1970s and early 1980s. He perfected a method of underground photography using the standard colliery lighting and was able to photograph coal faces, roadways, shafts and equipment with amazing clarity. In addition to photographing working mines he also recorded abandoned mine workings, above and below ground.
John Cornwell was also well respected in the broader field of industrial archaeology. He published a number of books on Welsh and English collieries.
The copyright of his south Wales images are now owned by Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales.)
Black and white film slide of a plan showing a section of the 'Main Dukey Road', Prince of Wales Colliery, where the explosion of 11 September 1878 occurred, and a 'list of saved' men.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2009.3/3862
Creation/Production
Cornwell, John (Mr)
Date: unknown date
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/1/2009
Measurements
Length
(mm): 50
Width
(mm): 50
Techniques
black and white (slide)
slide
Material
film (photographic)
plastic
Location
In store
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