'Colliers Weekly list of trams' Aug-Sep 1878
Bargoed Colliery
This material is held atSwansea University Archives
- Reference
- GB 217 SWCC : MNB/COL/3
- Dates of Creation
- 1878
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 envelope
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Bargoed Colliery was established in 1897 by the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd. The site consisted of two shafts at Bargoed which produced steamcoal and a shaft at Brithdir for housecoal. After nationalisation in 1947, the colliery was placed in the South Western Division's No. 5 (Rhymney) Area, Group No. 2. It continued to grow in terms of size and production and by 1947 included a large power station and eighty-six coke ovens on the site.
The Brithdir Pit closed in 1949 but Bargoed Colliery continued to operate until 1977 when it formally ceased production.
Source: Ray Lawrence, The South Wales Coalfield Directory, Vol. 2 (1998 edn), p. 60
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