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Photograph (print)
Central Press Photos Ltd.
(Publisher)
Black and white photograph showing large group of miners on underground railway. Caption "The Welsh Miners' Underground Railway. Miners travelling through a two mile tunnel driven between Bwllfa Colliery, near Aberdare and the modern pit at Maerdy. Its quicker by train as the surface transport route is three miles longer. Dated 9 March 1962. Detailed information typed on slip of paper attached to reverse.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2008.70/8
Historical Associations
Association Type: Colliery
Place: Bwllfa Colliery
Association Type: Colliery
Date: 1962
Place: Maerdy Colliery (Rhondda)
Creation/Production
Acquisition
donation, 31/7/2008
Measurements
Length
(mm): 204
Width
(mm): 254
Techniques
Black and white (monochrome photograph)
Photograph
Material
Paper
Location
In store
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