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Map by Champion Map Co. Blurry printing on this edition, which covers all of coastal Palm Beach County, plus the farm towns near Lake Okeechobee.
Very colorful, pocket-sized map by Hearne Brothers Maps. The once gigantic Hearne Brothers (headquartered in Detroit) was in business for much of the 20th century; in the late 1980s their base map material was acquired by Champion Maps of Charlotte, very shortly before Champion's acquisition by Rand McNally. A handful of late Champion publications, mostly in the lower Midwest and New England, were Hearne Brothers base maps updated and re-branded, which Rand McNally continued to keep in print for a few years.
A way more wordy ad than one would see nowadays...
Love the old map!
From the 35th Anniversary Stratford Festival 1987 programme for Othello.
Map by Gallup Maps, published for the Kansas City, Kansas Chamber of Commerce. This map only shows the Kansas side of the metro.
Alongside the Nantgarw road and now occupied by "Carpet Castle". The Beddau Halt, on right, is now the Aber Halt of the Rhymney branch railway.
Sunk in 1905 (Special Rules signed July 1906) by Thomas Taylor to No.3 Llantwit seam (Mynyddislwyn) and more commonly known as the "Beddau Pit" for obvious reasons.
In 1910 the manager was Mr. Idris Thomas with 261 No. U/G & 30 No. on surface.
February 1913 - an inrush of water from old workings "has occasioned the stoppage of 350 men"
Following this incident the mine was abandoned.
In March 1915 a case of Breach of Contract was brought by the Cardiff Gas Co. against the proprietor, Mr. T. Taylor, in that a contract for the supply of 25,000 tons of coal was not fulfilled due to the mine flooding - the court ruled in favour of Mr. Taylor in that the incident was an accident not of his making.
This Thomas Taylor was the same guy who was also proprietor of the new Nantgarw colliery who, at that time , was living at Holly House, Pontypridd.
The Beddau sidings are prominent in the photo - all long gone.
For further details incl. a photo see www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/GlamEast/Energlyn.htm
To Google location maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=216939016550708624690.0000...
Map by Upton Advertising. US52 passes through the Twin Cities on its' long voyage northwest-to-southeast between Portal, North Dakota and Charleston, South Carolina.
Map by MAPCO. Published for a magazine distributor. Greenville is located in Upstate South Carolina, at the northwest edge of the Piedmont Region, which stretches from New Jersey to Alabama. The foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains begin immediately to the northwest of the city, with one peak just a few miles from the city limits. The tallest mountain in South Carolina lies along the spine of the Blue Ridge, around 20 miles northwest of Downtown Greenville.
Just a small hamlet in front of the castle at that time.
Note the "Coal Works" on the Warren - bottom right.
To enlarge click on photo.
Format Maps. Contributors Geological Survey (U.S.). Dates 1926. Location Hawaii, Niihau, United States.
Machen Forge (arrowed) - later to be Machen Tinplate Works - Mr. J.M. Hyndman of these works was the first man in S. Wales to Puddle steel.
Coal mines on Mynydd Bwlch (highlight) - these were probably providing coal to the forge at that time.
Also annotated is the Rhymney Tramroad, opened 1826, forerunner of the Brecon & Merthyr Railway. This tramroad ran from Pont-aber-bargoed to Pye Corner near Newport where it joined the older Sirhowy Tramroad.
(more info needed)
Collection of old maps scanned from books and other print sources Download them all at Photoshop Roadmap.
Map by Franklin's Map Company. Bryn Mawr, Villanova, Rosemont, and Swarthmore is lurking around out there somewhere too...
Map by Ashburn Maps. Published for a local funeral home. Lots of freeways proposed or under construction, including the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi that collapsed in 2007.
Map by Thomas Brothers Maps. Song by the Patti Smith Group, who were from New York City. Like most Thomas Brothers Maps published before 1980, this map is glued inside a protective, fold-out card stock cover; someone has written a letter on the inside front flap of the cover, with the intention of sending the map/letter to a recipient who would soon be spending time in the area.
Showing two levels and a shaft. This is the early mine of this name.
Pwll-y-pant House top R.H. corner - later to be Corbett's Club, now the Cedar Tree.
Opened 1858/59 by Thomas Thomas. In May 1885 the proprietors were Messrs. William Harris & Co. of Merthyr.
Production ceased 1889 but was retained for pumping of the Rhos Llantwit colliery until that colliery closed 1892.
( However - the listings for 1895 give the owner & manager as Thomas Thomas of Pwllypant with 6 No. U/G and 3 No. on surface working the Llantwit seam (Mynyddislwyn) but only working old pillars above water level - closed 1897 - so, a discrepency regarding dates!).
This site now lies beneath the A468.
The railway still exists as the Rhymney branch line.
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Map by Geographia Map Co. Map shows the dense labyrinth of cobblestone alleyways that connect mid-block through much of the city-limits-area of Richmond. This had to have been a challenging task for any cartographer, and very, very few maps of Richmond even bother to show them.
Upcast shaft circled - winding downcast shaft arrowed.
Sunk from the Nine Feet seam to the Gellideg in 1868.
At this time ventilation was by underground furnace and winding was by water balance.
This mine was named after the earlier level some 700 yds. west of this mine alonside the river - still in use at this time for ventilation & drainage - see next photo.
Wednesday 9th. December 1896 - an inrush of water from adjacent workings in the Gellideg seam of the abandoned Ysguborwen pit drowned six men & boys.
During the ensuing inquiry it was apparent that the Ysguborwen workings had, in 1892 when the manager was Samuel Hopkins, illegally encroached beyond their boundary into Old Level workings. These illegal workings were not recorded on the abandonment plans of Ysguborwen in 1895 and the Old Level owners were not warned so that when the abandoned mine flooded the water burst through to the dip with tragic consequences.
The mine was closed following this tragedy and, in 1909 following the closure of Abernant No.9 pit, the miners sought to have it reopened but Sir William Lewis declined on the grounds of costs involved in removing the water from the workings.
The mine was purchased by Powell Duffryn Co. in 1915 and reopened - finally closed 1940.
October 1925 - a subcontractor, John Wilson, absconded with the wages of sixty four men engaged in driving new headings in the Gellideg seam. The manager was Claude Watson.
November 1933 - a dispute between 180 No. miners and Powell Duffryn lasted seven weeks - the men said they could not guarantee to fill only clean coal from the Bute seam - the men were largely reinstated at other pits.
A photo of the pit www.flickr.com/photos/41797376@N02/3859366956/in/photostr...
For further reading visit www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Photo.htm and scroll down to the "Glamorgan East" section.
To Google location of this mine (R.H. Placemark) and the River Level maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&...
Use "All Sizes" icon to enlarge. The original colliery site (house-coal) is that of the R.H. pit. (see previous photo) . The L.H. colliery is the steam coal pit sunk 1878. This was the scene of the explosion 21st. August 1883.
By September 1911 this mine had been on strike for twelve months over a disputed price list for working the Seven Feet seam - this strike eventually ran for over eight years affecting some 800 men & boys - reopened 1919 by Messrs. Cory Bros. who had deepened the shafts by 200 yds..
July 1917 - a former haulier at this mine, sergeant James Northey of Pentre, was posthumously awarded the V.C.
This mine was more commonly known as "Ystrad Gelli" and "The Globe"
Closed 1962.
Click on photo to enlarge.
A photo of the colliery www.flickr.com/photos/58437228@N02/5368549767/in/pool-981...
Another photo from Peter Brabham of the house-coal pit www.flickr.com/photos/taffytank/4341701212/
Another photo of unknown date www.flickr.com/photos/thereggy/9407779129/
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This particular mine, opened 1900, was located on the abandoned site of a previous colliery which had been sunk in 1881 by Messrs. W. & E. Beddoe (who also owned the Llancaiach colliery at Gelligaer) to the Black Vein seam - 5ft. thick. The mine closed June1920 and was just one of several earlier mines with this name in the immediate area.
This mine worked remnants of the "take" of the adjacent Pentwyn colliery - see www.flickr.com/photos/thereggy/5104892985/in/set-72157621... and, indeed, was known to many as "Pentwyn" under which name it was listed in 1910 and owned by Pentwyn Black Vein Colliery Co. Ltd. with W.S. Wardlaw as manager & Thomas Sturdy as U/manager with 118 No. U/G & 23 No. on surface working the Big Rock seam (No.2 Rhondda) - all very confusing!
In November 1911 the Pentwyn Colliery Co. commenced operations to dewater the lower steam coal workings prior to re-working.
(just to confuse matters even more - another report of November 1911 states " the mine, having stood idle for 35 years, is to be dewatered, a task expected to take three or four months")
Another report of September 1913 - The Pentwyn colliery at Machen has struck the Big Rock vein at 265 yds. in the new shaft with a thickness of 4'-9" - sinking is to continue to the lower measures
- this was the new Machen (Pentwyn) pit further up the valley www.flickr.com/photos/thereggy/7502476014/in/set-72157621...
Another report of July 1915 - The Machen pit, owned by the Pentwyn Black Vein Collieries Co. Ltd., has been in the possession of debenture holders for past 12 months and is to be sold and re-opened with much development.
June 1920 - a report states " Pentwyn colliery which employs 150 No. men & boys has ceased working following flooding of the mine. This has arisen following a strike by the men including the winders and stokers which has deprived the pumps of steam and maintenance - the strike following the dismissal of most of the committee men which has been seen as victimisation. The winding ropes have been taken off and there is fear the pit will now cease entirely"
Any info on the earlier Machen colliery would be welcome.
A point of interest - there is only one shaft shown here - so where was the second way out & upcast? - it must have been via the Pentwyn slant high up on the hillside until the new Pentwyn shaft was sunk in 1913.
December 1933 - one time manager, Mr. Edmund Morgan, of Commercial Road Machen died when employed at Blackbrook colliery, Caerphilly, as Agent.
An old photo and some info :-
www.ourwales.org.uk/index.php?option=com_joomcaw&cont...
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Map by Dolph Map Co. Brandon was still a small town of about 1500 people; with a current population of over 100,000, that is no longer the case.