Last rites at Cwmbargoed
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Last rites at Cwmbargoed
Image: © Gareth James Taken: 23 Feb 2024
One of the last buckets of coal is loaded into the last wagons of the last coal train to leave Cwmbargoed. Although Ffos-y-Fran mine closed at the end of 2023, coal stocked on the surface has continued to be removed by train until now, but this is the last one.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.744874
Longitude
-3.315842