Seam maps displaying the South Wales Coalfield, 1957, and the Five Feet and Gellideg seams, 1960.
National Coal Board Seam Maps
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- ReferenceGB 216 D/D PRO/NCB3
- Dates of Creation1957-1960
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description2 volumes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The National Coal Board (NCB) was set up under the Coal Nationalisation Act 1946. From 1 January 1947 it had sole responsibility for managing the British coal industry. The collieries of the former county of West Glamorgan lay within the NCB's South Wales Area. The NCB became British Coal in 1986 and was dissolved in 1994.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically
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It is the policy of the West Glamorgan Archive Service to withhold the names of depositors.
Note
Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: West Glamorgan Archive Service, National Coal Board (D/D PRO/NCB 3); West Glamorgan Archive Service, Files from the National Coal Board South Wales Area relating to collieries in West Glamorgan, 1939-1990 (D/D PRO/NCB 4).
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