Derelict former Universal Colliery buildings, Senghenydd
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Derelict former Universal Colliery buildings, Senghenydd
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 27 Apr 2012
Senghenydd was originally a rural farming community. It became industrialised with the opening of Universal Colliery in the final decade of the 19th century. The greatest loss of life in a British mining disaster occurred at the colliery on October 14th 1913 when a gas explosion killed 439 miners. The colliery closed at the end of March 1928. The site was taken over by the Powell Duffryn company, who kept one shaft open for pumping and to augment the ventilation of their Windsor colliery at Abertridwr. In 1979, the shaft was filled in.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.612632
Longitude
-3.280962