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Glenhafod Colliery
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| Location: | Port Talbot 9 miles [15 km] ESE of Swansea |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 170 Vale of Glamorgan West) SS799897, 51° 35' 34" N, 3° 44' 2" W |
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| Owners: | Glenhafod Collieries Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1947 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. (83,000 tons) |
| Employment: | 1923 - 145 (60 below, 85 surface) |
| 1933 - 220 (195 below, 25 surface) | |
| 1940 - 281 (238 below, 43 surface) | |
| 1947 - 281 (238 below, 43 surface) | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 |  | Adams, Thomas J., 06 Dec 1929, aged 19, Assistant hardgroundman, 2 injured. No details [More information ...] | ||||
| Frank, Benjamin, 28 Jun 1924, (accident: 23 Jun 1924, 4.30 p.m., 2nd hour of shift), aged 30, Collier, Ben Frank, with Herbert Huxtable, worked in the main deep, which was 10 ft. wide, in a seam 4 ft. 4 ins. thick. The face was 8 ft. beyond a middle prop, although the maximum timbering distance fixed by the manager, was 4 ft. A stone fell from the roof, 8 ft. 6 ins. long, 3 ft. wide, and 6 ins. thick at the thickest part. Frank's spine was fractured and he died 5 days later. This accident should not have occurred | |||||
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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with .
The CMHRC is available here.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Glenhafod Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Glenhafod Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Swansea Division (No. 7) by W. J. Charlton, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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