History of the Gwent Collieries

Rose Heyworth Colliery. Rose Heyworth Colliery – The entrance portal at the Head of the Drift. This drift went from the surface at Rose Heyworth Colliery to below ground at Cwmtillery to connect both collieries under the Mynydd James mountain.

Rose Heyworth Colliery. Rose Heyworth Colliery – The Drift Entrance, looking down the drift into Cwmtillery Colliery. The drift was 4,965′ feet long at a 1 in 5 gradient. To the right of the image can be seen recently dismantled Meco Conveyor belt structure, also the Cable Conveyor Belt which ran from Cwmtillery to Rose Heyworth, powered by the huge …

Rose Heyworth Colliery. Rose Heyworth Colliery – The Electric Shop.

Rose Heyworth Colliery. Rose Heyworth Colliery – The Lamp Room. The suction shuttle tubes (for conveying the lamp checks) from the pithead bank (top of the pit) to the lamp room can be seen fixed horizontally across the wall and up into the lamp room. The tubes went from the lamp room, down to the winding house, up the back …

Rose Heyworth Colliery. Rose Heyworth Colliery – The Welding Shop. 

Rose Heyworth Colliery. Rose Heyworth Colliery – The Blacksmiths Shop.

Rose Heyworth Colliery. Rose Heyworth Colliery – The Control Room and Managers Office, close-up. The control room was full of the up-to-date technology to monitor all the conveyor belt activity below and above ground, it was manned 24 hours a day and was in contact with all stations below ground via a “D.A.C” intercom system.

Rose Heyworth Colliery. Rose Heyworth Colliery – left to right, the Blacksmiths Shop (far left). Control Room (left centre) and Medical Room (centre right), the Boiler House (far right, just out of picture). Above is the Bath House. The houses of bottom Arael View can be seen (top).

Rose Heyworth Colliery. Rose Heyworth Colliery – The Boiler House and Coal Bunker.

Rose Heyworth Colliery. Rose Heyworth Colliery – A general view from left to right – The Blacksmiths Shop, Control Room, Managers Office, Medical Centre, Boiler House, Baths, Canteen and Offices. The houses of bottom Arael View in the background.