Miners wheel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Miners wheel by Dot Potter as part of the Geograph project.
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Miners wheel
Image: © Dot Potter Taken: Unknown
Evans & Bevan, former Welsh Anthracite (coal) mine owners, major employers in the South Wales valleys. Immortalised in this sculpture on the old rail bed at Maesycwmmer. Ocean Coal and Empire Coal, were also large mining companies owning many of the other pits. The Great Western Rail Road, (GWRR) of course, were the transporters of the coal.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.645639
Longitude
-3.22119