Mining Museum Blaenavon Substation
Mining Museum Blaenavon Substation is an electrical substation in Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Mining Museum Blaenavon Substation is situated nearby to Big Pit National Coal Museum, as well as near Big Pit Halt railway station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Big Pit National Coal Museum and Big Pit Halt railway station.
Big Pit National Coal Museum
Museum
Photo: Arafi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Big Pit National Coal Museum is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 as a charitable trust called the Big Pit Trust. Big Pit National Coal Museum is situated 400 feet west of Mining Museum Blaenavon Substation.
Big Pit Halt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Big Pit Halt railway station is a railway station on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway heritage line, adjacent to Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales. Big Pit Halt railway station is situated 860 feet north of Mining Museum Blaenavon Substation.
Blaenavon Ironworks
Museum
Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blaenavon Ironworks is a former industrial site which is now a museum in Blaenavon, Wales. The ironworks was of crucial importance in the development of the ability to use cheap, low quality, high sulphur iron ores worldwide. Blaenavon Ironworks is situated 3,800 feet northeast of Mining Museum Blaenavon Substation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blaenavon and Pwll Du.
Blaenavon
Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blaenavon is a town in Torfaen, South Wales. The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Pwll Du
Locality
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pwll Du was a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It was declared a slum in 1960 and demolished in 1963. The main employment was provided by nearby limestone quarries and by the iron works in Blaenavon. Pwll Du is situated 2 miles north of Mining Museum Blaenavon Substation.
Cwmtillery
Village
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
Cwmtillery is a ward of Abertillery. Located within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, it is part of the administrative area of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, Wales. Cwmtillery is situated 2½ miles southwest of Mining Museum Blaenavon Substation.
Mining Museum Blaenavon Substation
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7717° or 51° 46′ 18″ northLongitude
-3.10391° or 3° 6′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C3RQVCW+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 12837853624OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=street_cabinet
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