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Blaenavon

Heritage site, United Kingdom.

About Blaenavon

Ward or electoral division in Torfaen, Wales. Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2000.1,2

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Mines

Worked atBig Pit coal mine, BlaenavonBlaenavon lies close to Big Pit coal mine, Blaenavon.1

Events

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

Places

ExamplesIronbridge GorgeAnother heritage site in the United Kingdom: Blaenavon.3

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q124670960 (Blaenavon)
  2. Blaenavon Industrial Landscape UNESCO World Heritage Centre
  3. Wikidata item Q647958 (Ironbridge Gorge)

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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Pictures: Timna in de Negevwoestijn; rotspartij "de zuilen van Salomo", Poll, Willem van de / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Dolcoath tin mine, Camborne, Cornwall: miners in a mine shaft, standing on wooden platforms connected by ladders. Photograph by J. C. Burrow, 1890/1910., Burrow, J. C., 1852-1914 (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Earth Observations taken by the Expedition 15 Crew, NASA JSC (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)); Mijnramp Bois du Caizier, Marcinelle, België. Schacht, Rossem, Wim van / Anefo / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).