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Pengam Road, BLACKWOOD, NP12 3TB

Indian restaurant and takeaway located in Britannia House alongside the A4049 Pengam Road. The building was formerly occupied by Britannia Lodge Hotel.

Viewed from the edge of Britannia Enterprise Centre looking towards Paprika Spice House http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3440170 which is just out of shot beyond the bend.

Electric Construction Co motor driving a Walker "indestructible" fan via a flat leather belt. This is tensioned by a tensioning roller on a weighted arm and drives to a large wheel, thus gaining some speed reduction. We were taken in to see the fan, through an airlock but I don't think I've ever photographed one in action - it's a bit breezy in there.

A blend of 1911 original gear and more modern signalling equipment. The gauge stand is a work of art and the levers have been polished by in excess of 70 years of handling by generations of skilled drivers.

Fascinating colliery, now long gone. The big building at the back is the central power house of 1911. The pit was all electric with imported current. The two electric winders were DC with motor generator sets on the Ward-Leonard system. There was a motor driven Walker "indestructible" fan and a pair of motor driven air compressors. Truly awesome. We knocked on the door and got let in and let loose with our cameras. A few weeks later we were less fortunate.

Siemens DC winder of 1911. Blacks torque controller contrivance on end of shaft to prevent overspeed and overwind. I've seen a few of those in my time. The classical post brakes are clearly visible. The ropes run in the sheet metal enclosure that keeps dirt out of the engine house. You can see that it's been a very fine building.

Big motor driven compressors. An essential part of coal mining. The black one is definitely a Belliss and Morcom. I seem to recall the light one was probably a Fullerton, Hodgart & Barclay.

Machinery is a suitable title. The kit down the left is the Ward Leonard motor generator sets with large clutchable flywheels. There is a winder across the far end. I think the device on the right is another motor generator set. These were AC to DC devices.

Duplex compressed air capstan by Uskside Engineering Co, Newport. Built 1907. The same as a steam engine in design and classified as such for the purposes of Geograph. I was back in August with Colin Bowden and this had been removed (possibly for preservation) and the guy on duty in the power house wouldn't let us in there either.

The park has been created on the site of former collieries in the Rhymney Valley.