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Ton Colliery, owned by David Davies (Llandinam) - employed some 600 men & boys in 1874, was to become the Eastern Colliery site in 1877. (see next photo)
Bwllfa colliery - also owned by Davies. On 18th. May 1874, whilst a new shaft was being sunk, two men were killed in an explosion within the shaft caused by a blower of gas. The victims were William Davies and Lumley Ellis who were using naked candles.
Bwllfa Farm was the residence of a Mr. Evan Davies at this time.
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Map by Fred Johnson Maps. At the time this map was published, Flint was a boomtown, and this map (at its' periphery) includes a great many dashed-in proposed developments.
Map by the Powers Company. Mobile trivia: portions of the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" were shot here in 1976 and 1977.
Navigation Colliery (bottom highlight) owned at this time by Nixon, Taylor& Co. & Fforest Level (top right highlight)
Navigation (the Navi.) was commenced by John Nixon 1855 - first coal raised 1860 from the Nine Feet seam - ceased production 1940
This mine possessed only one shaft at this time, 18ft. dia. which, originally, was split into two segments by a 3" timber brattice - one being the downcast and one the upcast. This shaft was served by two winding houses, one on each side of the shaft as shown (marked "Engine House") to enable two seams - Four Feet at 365 yds. and Nine Feet at 425 yds. - to be worked off their separate landings whilst the other shaft segment was used for ventilation. Under this arrangement there were no back-stays to the wooden head-gear (the head-frame was stabilised with cables) The mine was connected below ground to Deep Duffryn colliery as a second way out. The later Cwm Cynon pit was also connected to the "Navi"
This shaft was ventilated at this time, 1875, mechanically by Nixon's Ventilator sited at Deep Duffryn. ( There is some confusion as to the location of the original fan as both mines were often known collectively as "Navigation" but a detailed report in 1891 puts it at Deep Duffryn)
In 1879 a 42' dia. Waddle fan was installed at the top of the split shaft making the Navi independent of Deep Duffryn for ventilation.
The winders had spiral drums, ranging from 10ft to 20ft diameter - both winding engines were originally used to power steamboats but were adapted by Nixon for winding.
January 1851 - a 10 year old boy, William Evans, was killed by a fall of coal.
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Fforest Level - Upper - was opened 1857 and taken over by Nixon c1870 - a report in June 1884 stated that the "take" would soon be worked out - worked No.3 Rhondda seam - BGS, in their 3rd. Ed. Memoirs, re-classified this seam to have been the No.1 Rhondda.
August 1871 - due to industrial unrest large numbers of miners from Staffordshire were brought in to replace striking miners, causing "much local excitement"
November 1873 - a report states " In Mountain Ash the Masters are attempting to secure the leases of many cottages so as to better control the workers in the event of strikes"
February 1875 - a shaft sinker by the name of Lane was killed at his home when dynamite he had placed in the fireside oven, to dry, exploded.
Tuesday 18th. November 1884 - David Davies, 58 yrs. old, left his work place early to attend a funeral and was struck by drams in the main roadway and was killed instantly.
Friday 17th. December 1885 - 1503 tons raised in a shift making this mine the largest output for a single day for the Aberdare valley.
January 1888 - a sample of coal was analysed "and found to be a bituminous coking coal of the finest quality"
In 1894 a second Waddle fan, 40' dia., of the improved type was installed to augment ventilation - this fan was later to be moved to Cwm Cynon pit.
By 1898 there were some twenty-one boilers in use, ten being of the Lancashire type and the remainder of the Cornish type with associated chimney stacks - one being 145ft. high and another 110ft. high.
At that time, 1898, the headgear was still made of wood "but in need of replacement due to heavy repair" Output at this time was 1,550 tons per day still using the single split shaft as originally constructed.
May 1898 - during a five month long strike troops from Devon were deployed to Aberdare, Mountain Ash and Merthyr to quell riots by miners.
June 1899 - John Nixon died aged 84 years. A north countryman and son of a yeoman farmer, he had been instrumental in promoting Welsh steam coal in France in 1840's by sending a load of coal from the Graig colliery, owned by Mrs. Thomas, for free to Nantes where the French found it was superior to Newcastle coals. He also was the first owner in South Wales to introduce the "longwall" pillar & heading system to superceed the pillar & stall method. He was also credited for inventing the "Billy Fairplay" screening machine for measuring amounts of small coal - but this was not correct.
The Werfa colliery was his first mining venture in the Cynon valley.
February 1929 - this mine was restarted after a stoppage of two years.
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The upper highlight is the terminus of Doctor Griffiths' Tramroad, opposite present day Treforest, with his feeder canal, built 1809 to join up with the Glamorganshire canal.
The tramroad originally ran from Hafod from where it carried coal mined under sub-leases granted by Doctor Griffiths to Jeremiah Homfray on a 3ft. gauge as was used in the levels. The tramroad was permitted under the Four Mile Law enshrined in the Glamorganshire Canal Act which allowed the consruction of feeder canals and tramways without the need to seek further legislation to obtain compulsory purchase of land & water rights provided the business so served was within four miles of the main canal. The tramway finally closed 1911 having served Pwllgwaun Pit.
A three arched stone bridge carried the tramroad across the River Taff and was known locally as Pont - y - doctor and also as Machine Bridge due to a weighing machine placed on west side of the river. This structure still exists today near Glyntaff as a road bridge although a 1913 concrete deck addition is partially closed off due to deterioration - making this bridge the oldest surviving stone rail bridge in the world.
This tramroad was also used by Walter Coffin from 1812 to transport his coal from Dinas after he built an extension from Hafod to Dinas - in 1833 he sent over 50,000 tons of coal down the canal.
The Doctor's canal was completed 1813 though not without William Crawshay causing some problems over the connection with "his" Glamorganshire Canal.
The lower highlight is the Maesmawr colliery of Richard Blakemore. Coal drams were carried across the river by ferry and thence up to the canal.
This colliery had also been owned by Mr. John Key and a Mr. Brockett Grover.
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Carte des trois Arabies de 1654. Les auteurs, Nicolas Sanson, Pierre Mariette, J. Somer; Edition Chez Pierre Mariette, Paris en 1654.
Map by Dolph Map Co. Published for the Albany Chamber of Commerce. Albany is the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia; on a few occasions referenda were held to merge the city and county into a single, consolidated city. Several other cities in Georgia - Athens, Augusta, Georgetown, Macon, Columbus and a handful of others are consolidated city-counties, but Albany is not yet among them. For several years in the 1970s, an Interstate 175 was planned to run from Albany to Cordele, where it would connect to Interstate 75. 1970s financial and economic crises caused those proposals to be cancelled, and they have not been revived.
Map by Rand McNally. Illustrated insert on their 1957 folded road map of Florida. Ferry connection to Miami is shown. Castro off in the woods somewhere, and no sign of the Corleone brothers...
Closed by 1898 - previously known as Machen Forge.
Also showing the cottages of Collier's Row - today's Riverside Terrace.
The railway line running diagonally across photo is the Caerphilly branch of the Brecon & Merthyr Railway.
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I saw this old map of Mt Fuji at a restaurant at Lake Kawaguchiko.
Lake Kawaguchiko is at the foot of Mt Fuji and is one of five lakes in the region.
Map by Dolph Map Co. The growth of Charlotte's urban area was proceeding at a breakneck pace at the time this map was printed; the land between Charlotte and its' larger satellites - Gastonia, Mooresville, Concord, Kannapolis, Monroe, and Rock Hill would shift from rural to suburban, and in some places, urban, in only a decade's time, or less in some places. The 485 beltway around Charlotte is largely complete now, and will be completed by 2014.
Rhondda Merthyr levels - top - opened 1865. Bute Colliery - bottom.
October 1871 – Rhondda Merthyr Steam Coal Co. Ltd. Incorporated under the Companies Act with capital of £50,000.
The Company is formed with a view to purchasing a part interest in the established Ty-newydd colliery for the purpose of further development of 657 acres at a price of £45,000 being but half of the Vendor’s interest.
Current output is 227 long tons per day with 100 tons per day from the Upper Four Feet seam.
The Vendor requires liquidity from this arrangement but intends to actively continue his interest and offers his services as manager for an initial period of five years, such is his confidence in the mine.
For the last two years the Vendor has used the commercial services of Messrs. Tellefren, Hoist & Wills of Cardiff who purchase the coal for onward sale.
The 657 acres are enshrined within a 60 years lease from September 1864 – royalties on large coal 5d – 9d per long ton (2520 lbs).
Directors :-
George Fothergill – Maindy House, Newport.
John R. Gillespy – London.
Benjamin Lewis, Colliery Proprietor, Nantyglo.
Johan Holst, Cardiff.
George W. Jones, Newport.
Ebenezer Lewis, Colliery Proprietor, Bridgend.
G.H. Wills, Cardiff.
September 1877 – Nicholas Bashar convicted of opening his Davy lamp beyond the lamp station – manager Mr. Howell Davies gave evidence.
April 1888 – Rhondda Merthyr Colliery Treherbert – In Chancery – goods to be sold at auction including Storeroom, Carpenter’s shop, Smithy, Fitter’s shop, two useful cart horses, thirty sets of colliery harnesses and office furniture.
Friday 9th. May 1890 – two miners killed when the cages collided throwing them 170 yds to the bottom of the shaft – William Gwilym, collier, aged 17 yrs. And Thomas Farny, 18 yrs, Haulier, both of Scotts Row. A third boy survived by clinging to the legs of a miner who hauled him back into the cage.
May 1894 – dispute over prices in Two Feet Nine seam – owners Messrs. L&H Gueret.
Rhondda Merthyr ceased production September 1898.
Bute Colliery - known as Bute Merthyr - commenced 1851 by Trustees of Marquis of Bute - closed c1942 after an intermittent working history. This was the first mine in Rhondda to work the steam coals.Worked in unison with Lady Margaret Colliery and known as Bute Merthyr colliery.
1851/55 - 1926. Closed 1942 when maintained for pumping & ventilation of Lady Margaret colliery.
This was the first mine to reach the steam coal in Rhondda - the Taff Vale Railway had offered to pay a premium to the first concern to reach the steam coals but Lord Bute did not claim the offer. The sinking of this mine led to T.V.R. extending their railway from Eirw along the Rhondda Fawr reaching Treherbert in 1856.
In January 1872 whilst ascending the shaft two men,Thomas Davies 50yrs.and his son John Davies 22yrs., were killed when a loaded dram fell into the pit from the surface and, in the ensuing collision, the cage became detached from the winding rope and plunged back to pit-bottom
The listings for 1910 give the manager as W.M. Henry - who was also manager of adjacent Lady Margaret colliery - with 435 No. U/gnd. & 70 No. on surface working the Seven Feet seam.
February 1924 - a fire gutted the granary, stables and stores to the tune of £50,000 when owned by the United National Co.
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Map by MAPCO, published for a magazine distributor. Map also includes Weaverville, Waynesville, Hazlewood, Swannanoa, Hendersonville, Brevard, and Highlands. Asheville was founded in 1794. Between 1910 and 1930, it was the fastest-growing city in North Carolina, and was - at one point - the third largest city in the state, behind Charlotte and Wilmington. Downtown Asheville contains - after Miami Beach - the 2nd greatest concentration of preserved Art Deco architecture in the US.
Map by Champion Maps. Xenia is famous for being hit, during the April 3-4, 1974 tornado outbreak, by one of the most violent storms. It's also the largest city in the US whose name begins with the letter "X".
The original plan for Haymarket St station from 1897. This station still exists and is abandoned north of the current station.
Map by Arrow Maps. Map is glued into a card stock cover, and includes a detailed map of University of Florida.
Map by Thomas Brothers Map Co. Published for an Albuquerque bank. One of many cities along the former US Highway 66, which ran from Chicago and Santa Monica, before being gradually replaced - in sections - by Interstates 55, 44, 40, 15, and 10.
Map by Champion Map Co. Published for the Hickory Chamber of Commerce. 45 miles northwest of Charlotte, Hickory perhaps best known as a furniture manufacturing town, though the area has other virtues. Hickory is located in a region of beautiful countryside, where the rolling hills of the North Carolina Piedmont region begin to adjoin the Appalachian foothills, and several of the best known peaks in the southern Appalachian Mountains are visible on the horizon from the city.
Boston streetcar lines from 1940 with their route numbers. Bus route numbers usually come from their old streetcar numbers.
Collection of old maps scanned from books and other print sources Download them all at Photoshop Roadmap.
Collection of old maps scanned from books and other print sources Download them all at Photoshop Roadmap.
Map by ADC - Alexandria Drafting Company. Map covers all of Calvert County.
The Chesapeake Bay, which is actually a large estuary (the Gulf of St Lawrence, Lake Pontchartrain, the Puget Sound, the Albemarle Sound, the Long Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, Cook Inlet, Delaware Bay, and San Francisco Bay are all other examples in the US) - the drowned lower half of the Susquehenna River valley, which gradually flooded as the most recent ice age began to wane, the earth warmed, and sea levels rose.
Map of The Oceania in 1860.
Nouvelle Carte Illustree de L'Oceanie presentant les Grandes Divisions Physiques, la Distribution Geographique des Vegetaux et des Mineraux, les ports de commerce er les possessions coloniales des Europeens. Dressee par A. Vuilleminm Geographe, gravee par Langevin. Paris chez Fatout, Editeur, Boulevart Poissonniere. 17. - 1860.
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A proposal to add a second tunnel to the Green Line between Scollay Sq (Government Center) and Park St.
Highlight No. 1 - Old Woodfield Colliery
Do.. 2 - Old Penllwyn Colliery
Do.. 3 - Old Gelligroes Colliery
Do.. 4 - Gellideg Colliery
Do.. 5 - Gellihaf Colliery
Also on this map is the Sirhowy Tramroad of 1805 which connected Tredegar with Newport and actually ran along Blackwood High Street at this time - Blackwood (Coed Duon) itself sprung up adjacent to this track as a stabling post for the horses.
It was during this year, 1829, that trials were made with a steam loco along this tramroad.
Also marked is the Llanarth Tramroad running along the Sirhowy valley through Gelligroes - also known as the Penllwyn Tramroad, dating from early 1820's. The bridge crossing the Sirhowy river, just above the lower R.H. arrow, is still to be seen alongside the "New Road" although not in use - see www.flickr.com/photos/thereggy/13055975215/in/set-7215760....
Also seen on this map is the forerunner to the Brecon & Merthyr Railway on the east side of the Rhymney River - the Rhymney Tramway from c1826.
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xiphophilos; This is a pre-ww1 manual for the drawing of Feld-Krokis or Übersichtsskizzen (field map sketches) for officers and NCOs, based on the Royal Prussian Land Survey (Königlich Preussische Landesaufnahme) from 1909. The associated map of Bodensee with Netze-Fluß and Ilm-See and the other of Kirchdorf may be fictional sample maps, drawn to show the use of map symbols.