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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 negative of a postcard showing haulier with pit pony and loaded tram underground, about 1910. In 1913 there were nearly 18,000 horses employed in the South Wales Coalfield pulling trams from each miner's individual working place into assembly points (double partings) from whence haulages pulled them to the shaft bottom. The tram shown, with its Rowbotham wheels to allow the use of spragging, is hinged at the end to allow the discharge of rubbish into the waste area behind the face. The horse is connected to the tram by means of a "shaft and gun".
Postcard : No.305 of Timothy's Series.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2014.45/188
Creation/Production
Cornwell, John (Mr)
unknown
Acquisition
donation, 13/6/2014
Measurements
Length
(mm): 100
Width
(mm): 125
Techniques
Film negative (black & white)
Film negative
Negative
Material
Film (photographic)
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