Walking path leading you to the Cwm Coke Works on a sunny day.
Cwm Colliery was opened by the Great Western Colliery Company in 1909 to provide coal for the Great Western Railway. At its peak it was the largest colliery in the South Wales coalfield, employing nearly 2000 men in 1960. The Coke Works were opened in 1957 by the National Coal Board to produce high grade coke (the purest fuel with the highest carbon content) to fuel the furnaces in the metal making industry. Coal production stopped in 1986 with coke manufacturing ceasing in July 2002, since which time the works have lain dormant with the equipment decaying. The coke works had two shafts. Number 1 was named 'Mildred' (downcast) and number 2 was named 'Margaret' (upcast).
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Location: Cwm Colliery and Coke Works, Beddau. nr Pontypridd, South Wales, UK
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