Main Adit, Cwmbran Colliery, Springvale, Cwmbran 11 July 2018
Someone has been digging down to the old Main Adit of Cwmbran Colliery, bulldozed over by the council in the 1980s. Perhaps they are after the drams of coal left fully laden in there when the colliery closed (see below). If so, they still have to break down the ashlar wall! The curve of the arch can be made out. See link for picture of the adit.
When I was a child, a next door neighbour had worked on the very last shift in 1927; he told me how they were worked hard the whole shift filling the drams, knowing the coal was going nowhere. As they trooped out, the masons were already waiting to seal up the adit, including the fruits of their labours, which in all likelihood, are still there.
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Main Adit, Cwmbran Colliery, Springvale, Cwmbran 11 July 2018
Someone has been digging down to the old Main Adit of Cwmbran Colliery, bulldozed over by the council in the 1980s. Perhaps they are after the drams of coal left fully laden in there when the colliery closed (see below). If so, they still have to break down the ashlar wall! The curve of the arch can be made out. See link for picture of the adit.
When I was a child, a next door neighbour had worked on the very last shift in 1927; he told me how they were worked hard the whole shift filling the drams, knowing the coal was going nowhere. As they trooped out, the masons were already waiting to seal up the adit, including the fruits of their labours, which in all likelihood, are still there.
www.flickr.com/photos/16498755@N07/1777497745/in/photolis...