Llancaiach Colliery
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Llancaiach Colliery was a coal mine in the South Wales Valleys
, located just to the north of the village of Nelson 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
line
of the Taff Vale Railway
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The mine closed in 1887..
South Wales Valleys
The South Wales Valleys are a number of industrialised valleys in South Wales, stretching from eastern Carmarthenshire in the west to western Monmouthshire in the east and from the Heads of the Valleys in the north to the lower-lying, pastoral country of the Vale of Glamorgan and the coastal plain...
, located just to the north of the village of Nelson 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
Llancaiach Branch
The Llancaiach Branch was a railway branch line in South Wales. Financed and operated by the Taff Vale Railway, on amalgamation became part of the Great Western Railway in 1923...
line
Branch line
A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line...
of the Taff Vale Railway
Taff Vale Railway
The Taff Vale Railway is a railway in Glamorgan, South Wales, and is one of the oldest in Wales. It operated as an independent company from 1836 until 1922, when it became a constituent company of the Great Western Railway...
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The mine closed in 1887..