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©Roger Cornfoot
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©Roger Cornfoot
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©Roger Cornfoot
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©Roger Cornfoot
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©Kev Griffin
Dist:0.8km<br/>The furthest pithead is in the next grid (the winding house straddles two grids)
©Chris Andrews
Dist:0.9km<br/>Horizontal duplex geared capstan built in 1887 by Llewellyn & Cubitt of Pentre and presumably installed here secondhand (Penallta was about 1906). This was an unusually big example with cylinders c16" x 33" and a 6' 2" diameter drum. This was in a separate and cramped engine house near the upcast shaft.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.9km<br/>Still a working colliery in 1982. Large central power house, originally all steam. The brick building at the base of the right-hand head gear housed a large steam/compressed air winch. Now scrapped. The pit had a modern high speed fan and we were taken in through the airlock to stand next to it on load. Oh how I miss the 80s and the opportunities for serious "live" industrial archaeology!
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.9km<br/>A popular pub on the road to Gelligaer Common. This was a former Roman road, with Roman forts nearby.
©Graham Horn
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©Kev Griffin
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©Kev Griffin
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©lyn exton
Dist:1.0km south<br/>Helicopter shot of the pit pony Parc Penallta taken by Phil Matthews
©phil matthews
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©lyn exton
Dist:1.0km south<br/>Close up of the giant pony sculpture
©nantcoly

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