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Big Pit National Coal Museum

Museum

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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 Halt railway station

Railway station

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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 650 feet north of Engine Shed.

Blaenavon Ironworks

Museum

Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blaenavon Ironworks, officially spelled Blaenafon Ironworks since 2024, 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 3,900 feet northeast of Engine Shed.

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Blaenavon

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Blaenavon is a town in Torfaen, South Wales. The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Pwll Du

Locality

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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 1½ miles north of Engine Shed.

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 Engine Shed.

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