Coal from Deep Navigation
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The photograph on this page of Coal from Deep Navigation by roger geach as part of the Geograph project.
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Coal from Deep Navigation
Image: © roger geach Taken: 9 Apr 1987
A reminder of how the South Wales Valleys once looked. This view has changed since the photo was taken some twenty years ago! Coal loaded at Deep Navigation colliery waits to head down the valley to Aberthaw. No hurry today as the Barry train crew will hang about trying to make overtime! The view is a rather changed now as the railway track is gone. So have the mines and the winding gear seen behind the train. Of course the many jobs have gone as well both in the mines and the railway. There are no train crews based at Barry to move coal any more and no miners working at Deep Navigation. Both the railway and the mines have been privatised since this picture was taken.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.663547
Longitude
-3.295411