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Great Mountain Colliery, photograph
Harry, Williams (Newport College of Art)
Photograph captioned 'No. 1 Slant, Great Mountain Colliery, Tumble, Carmarthenshire. Coal has been mined in different ways, from pits entered by vertical shafts, from horizontal levels and as suggested in this photograph from a slant or drift mine. The view is outwards from a short way inside the entrance of the slant. The slope of the ground inwards is seen in the narrow gauge rails and the steel rope which runs between them.' Mounted on card. Made for the exhibition RECORDING WALES 3 in 1970/1971.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
87.32I/15
Historical Associations
Association Type: colliery
Creation/Production
Harry, Williams
Acquisition
Collected officially by NMW staff, 1987
Measurements
mount
(mm): 526
mount
(mm): 450
Techniques
black and white (monochrome photograph)
photograph
Material
paper
card
Location
In store
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