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Nantgarw Colliery, film negative
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 showing a cable hauled manriding train at the bottom of the Nantgarw incline. The man at right nearest the camera is Clyde Forde (He was born in 1960 and worked in the collieries from 1977 to 1987, firstly in Deep Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash, and later at Nantgarw Colliery. His mother was from Mountain Ash and his father a seaman from Barbados).
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2009.3/94
Creation/Production
Cornwell, John (Mr)
Date: 20th century, late
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/1/2009
Measurements
Length
(mm): 60
Width
(mm): 62
Techniques
film negative (black & white)
film negative
negative
Material
film (photographic)
Location
In store
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