Cwmtillery Colliery Aerial Ropeway

A Section of the Cwmtillery Colliery Flight Rope. This section of flight, aerial ropeway steel rope was found on-site at Cwmtillery Colliery. It is a half-lock coil, burden rope, this was the rope the flight buckets would travel upon while being pulled by the haulage rope.  The section of rope is 20″ inches in length by  1 and a 1/4″ …

Cwmtillery Colliery Aerial Ropeway – Original Tip. The old photograph shows the original aerial ropeway and tip spreading up the mountain from the Cwmtillery Colliery.   Points of interest – The large flat tip seen (behind the chimney) was from the Llanerch Padern Coal Level which can be seen (far right). Originally there were tramlines leading from the level to …

Cwmtillery Colliery Aerial Ropeway – Mid Section. The map shows the mid-section of the old route. The standards on the old route were later dismantled when the ropeway was turned, the new waste tip was started in the late 1920’s. The waste was tipped at various places en route resulting in the valley being covered in waste from the collieries …

Cwmtillery Colliery Aerial Ropeway – Old and New Tips. The photograph shows the new tip (far left) dominating the sky line and the old original tip (far right) in the distance. The new tipping route had been gradually building up from the older image.

Cwmtillery Colliery Aerial Ropeway – Lower and New Section. The map shows the section from the colliery (bottom right) up the original route north westerly and showing the dog-leg left up to the new tip (far left). The buckets took the waste to the top of the mountain and the waste was then transported to the top of the tip …

Cwmtillery Colliery Aerial Ropeway Waste Tip – Removal. The photograph shows the landscaping of the old and new tips at the top of Mynydd James by the contractors Shellabear Price in 1974.

Cwmtillery Colliery Aerial Ropeway Waste Tip – Removal. The photograph shows the landscaping of the old and new tips at the top of Mynydd James by the contractors Shellabear Price in 1974.

Cwmtillery Penybont Washery – Aerial Ropeway. The map shows the whole section of the Cwmtillery Washery aerial ropeway. The washery was situated where Tillery Valley Foods is today. The ropeway took buckets to and from the washery and Cwmtillery Colliery straight up through the Cwmtillery valley as seen in the image. (More information to come)