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Ocean Colliery 1991 |
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1991
(Courtesy of the
David Thomas Collection) |
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No 1 South Pit winding gear and
workshops. |
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Deep Navigation - Last Pit
Pony - July 1973
The man is Ron Allot and the
young boy is Neil Edwards.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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Pit Hooter.
Neil Edwards stands by
the pit hooter.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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The Pit Hooter now
on the
Treharris Boys & Girls Club house (2012)
It is still used to
'Blow' in the New Year!
(Photograph
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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Deep Navigation - Afternoon
Shift Fitters and Electricians - August 1973
L-R:
Ianto - Mal - Dick - Skip.
Standing: David Phillips
(known as 'Parkins')
(Photograph
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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Sid Wilkins and Crown Price
Akahito of Japan
(Photograph
Courtesy of Phil Wilkins) |
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Deep Navigation Colliery -
Centenary - 1979
(Photograph
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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Building Conveyors at Deep
Navigation Colliery
L-R:
Mal Harrison, Steve Fluck, Dick Edwards, Dai Roberts, Kerri Thomas
& Peter Rees
(Photograph Courtesy of Dick
Edwards) |
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Building Conveyors at Deep
Navigation Colliery
L-R:
Steve Fluck, Nigal Carter, Kerri Thomas, Peter Rees, Dick Edwards & Flaney.
(Photograph Courtesy of Dick
Edwards) |
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Changing No 1 Shaft at Deep
Navigation - 1985
(Photograph
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
Removing the Cage Gear |
Removing the Cage Gear |
Installing the Skip |
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Coupling Skip to Pit Rope |
The Skip in Place |
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Deep Navigation Colliery
(Photographs
Courtesy of Gareth Evans) |
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Dosco Machine
The machine was delivered
complete to Deep Navigation and had to be driven off the low loader. It
was only used at Deep Navigation for a
year, being one of the few
things that was brought back up, when the pit closed in March 1991.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
Andrew West & Gareth Bishop |
The Dosco |
Gareth Bishop at the Controls |
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Deep Navigation Colliery - No.
1 Headgear from Penn Street
(Photographs
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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Deep Navigation - Geoff
Bennett at the Winder Controls - March 1991
(Photograph
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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Deep Navigation - Underground
Visit - March 1991
Geoff and Dorothy
Bennett can be seen in the photographs.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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Closure of Deep
Navigation Colliery
(Photograph
Courtesy of Gareth Evans) |
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Deep Navigation - Demolition
(Photograph
Courtesy of Robert Amos) |
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No.1 & No.2
Headgear Demolition
(Photograph Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
No.2 Headgear
Demolished
(Photograph Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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No.1 Headgear
Pulled Down
(Photograph Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
No.1 Headgear
Pulled Down
(Photograph Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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Piles of Hard Core ready to
fill the shafts at Deep Navigation
(Photographs
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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Dump Trucks filling No. 1
(South) Shaft
It took a week, working 12 hours
a day, to fill the shafts.
(Photographs
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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Men Working Filling the Shafts
Known are, L-R: Mike Wheeler,
Alan Tudor, ?, Brian Foster.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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Deep Navigation - Capping No 2
Shaft - April 1995
(Photographs
Courtesy of Dick Edwards) |
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