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View southwards, towards Maes-y-Cwmmer and Newport: ex-Brecon & Merthyr, later GWR, Newport - Brecon line. The station, together with the passenger service had been closed on 31/12/62, but the line remained open for a few more years for goods. (Pengam (Glam.) station, across the Rhymney River to the west, remains open on the Rhymney Railway line).
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.2km<br/>This private residence was formerly Capel y Bont Welsh Baptist Church, built in 1857 and extended in 1865. Bont means bridge and the original chapel was sited near the bridge over the river Rhymney. The name was retained when the chapel was relocated to this site.
©Robin Drayton
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©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.5km<br/>Special traction on the Rhymney Line 33207 passes Pengam with a Cardiff to Rhymney train.
©Martin Loader
Dist:0.6km<br/>Duplex compressed air capstan by Uskside Engineering Co, Newport. Built 1907. The same as a steam engine in design and classified as such for the purposes of Geograph. I was back in August with Colin Bowden and this had been removed (possibly for preservation) and the guy on duty in the power house wouldn't let us in there either.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>Machinery is a suitable title. The kit down the left is the Ward Leonard motor generator sets with large clutchable flywheels. There is a winder across the far end. I think the device on the right is another motor generator set. These were AC to DC devices.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>Big motor driven compressors. An essential part of coal mining. The black one is definitely a Belliss and Morcom. I seem to recall the light one was probably a Fullerton, Hodgart & Barclay.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>Electric Construction Co motor driving a Walker "indestructible" fan via a flat leather belt. This is tensioned by a tensioning roller on a weighted arm and drives to a large wheel, thus gaining some speed reduction. We were taken in to see the fan, through an airlock but I don't think I've ever photographed one in action - it's a bit breezy in there.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>Siemens DC winder of 1911. Blacks torque controller contrivance on end of shaft to prevent overspeed and overwind. I've seen a few of those in my time. The classical post brakes are clearly visible. The ropes run in the sheet metal enclosure that keeps dirt out of the engine house. You can see that it's been a very fine building.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>A blend of 1911 original gear and more modern signalling equipment. The gauge stand is a work of art and the levers have been polished by in excess of 70 years of handling by generations of skilled drivers.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>Fascinating colliery, now long gone. The big building at the back is the central power house of 1911. The pit was all electric with imported current. The two electric winders were DC with motor generator sets on the Ward-Leonard system. There was a motor driven Walker "indestructible" fan and a pair of motor driven air compressors. Truly awesome. We knocked on the door and got let in and let loose with our cameras. A few weeks later we were less fortunate.
©Chris Allen
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©Robin Drayton
Dist:0.7km<br/>Cefn Fforest Fire Station, Pwllglas Road, Blackwood. One of the retained fire stations of the South Wales Fire & Rescue Service, where the crew were out on a 'shout' (incident) - hence the assortment of vehicles 'parked' in front of the station.
©Kevin Hale
Dist:0.7km<br/>Situated in the High Street. The plaque states "English Congregational Church A1903D".
©Robin Drayton
Dist:0.8km<br/>The church, on the corner of Bryngoleu Street and Waunborfa Road, Cefn Fforest, is in the parish of Fleur-de-Lis, diocese of Monmouth, Church in Wales. Viewed from the opposite side. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2253553
©John Grayson

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