Various items, mostly relating to Skewen

This material is held atNeath Antiquarian Society Archives

Reference
- GB 3167 NAS Z 27
Dates of Creation
- 1906-1984
Name of Creator
- Neath Antiquarian Society Archives
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 8 items

Scope and Content

Various items, mostly relating to Skewen

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Various items, mostly relating to SkewenNAS Z 27

Tide tables concerning port of Neath (including information on Main Colliery Company Limited, and photographs of companys Number 1, 3, and 4, and Court Herbert pits, loading docks, [S]S Achroite, [S]S Clarence, [S]S Obsidian and [S]S Main); [for partial translation into English see NAS Z 27/6/1-9]NAS Z 27/1

Constructional Engineering Union: contribution cards of W Spiller, 26 Railway Terrace, Skewen, erector, member of Swansea branch of Constructional Engineering UnionNAS Z 27/2/1-4

Building a People. The History of the Lonlas Gospel Mission, Skewen, Neath, West Glamorgan by Wilhelmina Townley McNeil and Judith Ann HumphreyNAS Z 27/3

Official guide to Coedffranc issued by authority of Coedffranc Community CouncilNAS Z 27/4

Notes concerning history of tinplate industry (including information on Cardonnel Tinplate Co[mpany] L[imi]t[ed], Skewen, and Elba Tinplate Co[mpany] L[imi]t[e]d, Swansea)NAS Z 27/5/1-5

Notes concerning shipping facilities of Main Colliery Company Limited (with information on buoys and navigation lights, and pilot boats and steam tugs, in estuary of river Neath; instructions for burning companys steam coal; testimonials received regarding quality of coal supplied by company to various steamships); [for original text in French see NAS Z 27/1]NAS Z 27/6/1-9

Photographs of Cwrt Herbert Colliery; Neath Abbey, Main Colliery, Dyffryn; [S]S Achroite at Main Colliery Companys quays; [S]S Clarence leaving Main Colliery Companys quays; [S]S Main and [S]S Obsidian at Main Colliery Companys quaysNAS Z 27/7/1-6

Photographs of Skewen, including general view of village, endorsed Before 1907, and the railway bridgeNAS Z 27/8/1-2