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Pontypridd - The Graig (1914 - 1915)
Showing Maritime Colliery. Note - the Workhouse is still there.
This colliery commenced 1841as the Pontypridd Colliery (No.1 Pit) and closed 1961
There was only one shaft at the main site - the downcast, re-sunk in 1904-1907 to 18ft. dia. from the original 14'x10' shaft and also deepened - the upcast shaft was some 240m south west of the down-cast and 90m north of the "Air Shaft".(Penrhiw)
In 1905/06 Maritime Colliery shafts were deepened and an electric winder installed at the downcast - this was the earliest electric winder in Wales.
Thursday 24th. May 1888 - the surface buildings, constructed mainly of wood, caught fire when a Comet lamp set fire to a cask of oil. This quickly spread to the timber headgear of the downcast shaft which was covered in a protective layer of tar and fifty men & boys underground at the time were recovered eventually from the upcast shaft some quarter of a mile away. One man, Delaney, even climbed the headframe with a bucket of water in an attempt to extinguish the flames, at great risk to himself.
April 1932 - a connecting heading holed through to the Cwm colliery at Beddau - 1,086 yds. long - to be completed by August after which winding of coal at Maritime ceased.
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Pontypridd - The Graig (1914 - 1915)
Showing Maritime Colliery. Note - the Workhouse is still there.
This colliery commenced 1841as the Pontypridd Colliery (No.1 Pit) and closed 1961
There was only one shaft at the main site - the downcast, re-sunk in 1904-1907 to 18ft. dia. from the original 14'x10' shaft and also deepened - the upcast shaft was some 240m south west of the down-cast and 90m north of the "Air Shaft".(Penrhiw)
In 1905/06 Maritime Colliery shafts were deepened and an electric winder installed at the downcast - this was the earliest electric winder in Wales.
Thursday 24th. May 1888 - the surface buildings, constructed mainly of wood, caught fire when a Comet lamp set fire to a cask of oil. This quickly spread to the timber headgear of the downcast shaft which was covered in a protective layer of tar and fifty men & boys underground at the time were recovered eventually from the upcast shaft some quarter of a mile away. One man, Delaney, even climbed the headframe with a bucket of water in an attempt to extinguish the flames, at great risk to himself.
April 1932 - a connecting heading holed through to the Cwm colliery at Beddau - 1,086 yds. long - to be completed by August after which winding of coal at Maritime ceased.
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