Llancaiach Colliery was a coal mine in the
South Wales Valleys, located just to the north of the village of
Nelson
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and just to the south of
Llancaiach Fawr Manor.
It was opened by
Thomas Powell in 1811, and from 1841 was served by the bespoke
Llancaiach Branch
The Llancaiach Branch railway line was a mineral branch line in Glamorganshire, South Wales. It was authorised in 1836 as part of the Taff Vale Railway, and its purpose was to connect collieries at Llancaiach and bring their output to Cardiff for ...
line
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of the
Taff Vale Railway
The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) was a standard gauge railway in South Wales, built by the Taff Vale Railway Company to serve the iron and coal industries around Merthyr Tydfil and to connect them with docks in Cardiff. It was opened in stag ...
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The mine closed in 1887.
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References
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Collieries in South Wales
Buildings and structures in Caerphilly County Borough