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Aberfan

Boom town, United Kingdom.

About Aberfan

Village in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK.1

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People

Investigated byHerbert Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-DaviesHis report of 3 August 1967 put the blame on the National Coal Board.2

Mines

Worked atBig Pit coal mine, BlaenavonBig Pit coal mine, Blaenavon lies about 19 km away.1

Events

Led toAberfan disasterAberfan is part of this story: Aberfan disaster.1Led toSenghenydd colliery disasterAberfan is part of this story: Senghenydd colliery disaster.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q3244565 (Aberfan)
  2. Aberfan Glamorgan Archives

Pictures on this page: Lord Edmund Davies.jpg, Rainich (CC BY-SA 4.0).

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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