The Cwm Colliery and Coking Works are situated in the upper reaches of the Nant Myddlyn
catchment near the town of Beddau. The colliery opened in 1909 and during the 1970’s employed
over 1500 people. The coke works were opened in 1958 to centralize and maintain production of
South Wales foundry coke. Cwm coal was well suited to the process as it had a low sulphur
content but the colliery and coke works closed in November 1986 and June 2002, respectively.
This was my first 'proper' explore, didn't get time to do it all so will hopefully be going back soon, so more pics then...
Tried to keep the pics to a minimum! Thanks for looking!
catchment near the town of Beddau. The colliery opened in 1909 and during the 1970’s employed
over 1500 people. The coke works were opened in 1958 to centralize and maintain production of
South Wales foundry coke. Cwm coal was well suited to the process as it had a low sulphur
content but the colliery and coke works closed in November 1986 and June 2002, respectively.
This was my first 'proper' explore, didn't get time to do it all so will hopefully be going back soon, so more pics then...
Tried to keep the pics to a minimum! Thanks for looking!