Penybont 1835. The map features the land area upon which the Penybont Tillery Colliery was sunk. Messrs T. P. Price and his brother D. Price started the sinking of the colliery in about 1846. The shafts were sunk and completed by November 1850. Mr Matthew Habakkuk was the underground surveyor and engineer in charge. Some features on the map – …
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The Penybont Tillery Colliery. In 1846, the sinking of the Penybont Tillery Colliery under the ownership of Messrs T. P. and D. Price of Brecon began on the Greenmeadow Estate, Penybont, Abertillery, owned by Mr Stothert of Bath. The colliery took the name of the farm, Penybont Farm, that was located near-by, which was taken by the company to be …
Read More »Mr Matthew Habakkuk – Colliery Agent and Mining Engineer. Mr Matthew Habakkuk was born on the 26th of March 1790 at Llangyfelach, Swansea, Glamorganshire, South Wales, the son of John Habakkuk II and Margaret Habakkuk nee Thomas. The Marriage of Mr Habakkuk. On the 20th of June 1817, Mr Matthew Habakkuk married Miss Margaret John of Llangyfelach, Swansea, Glamorganshire, South …
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Mr Thomas Wilde Powell. Mr Thomas Wilde Powell (1818-1897) was the son of Mr James Powell a stockbroker of Charlton, Kent. Mr Thomas Wilde Powell was a solicitor, philanthropist, banker, broker and art collector. He later lived in Piccards Rough, Guildford Surrey, England. The Death of Mr Thomas Wilde Powell. Mr T. W. Powell died in 1897. Miss Mary Elizabeth …
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Penybont Tillery Colliery – List of Fatalities. This list of deaths at the Cwmtillery Colliery, Abertillery covers most of those reported in National and Local Newspapers and Ancestry files. This page is fluid and will be updated as more information is received. Entries with an asterisk* after the date signify that the name and date was taken from Ancestry and …
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Penybont Colliery Sinking Report 1848. A newspaper report from the Principality Newspaper dated Friday 8th of September 1848. It shows the Tyr Nicholas Colliery, Cwmtillery Colliery, progressing. Originally sunk under the ownership of Mr Thomas Brown, purchased by Mr John Russell in 1847 and being expanded under the supervision of Mr Martin of Risca. The report also mentions the progress …
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Shaft Diver at the Penybont Tillery Colliery. The following is a report from an engineering item written by Mr T. Dyne Steel, M.E. a shareholder and engineer who had connections with of the Penybont Tillery Colliery in the 1860’s. The Devonshire Journal. This article is from the Devonshire Journal, dated December 1865, it states that Mr T. Dyne Steel has …
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The Ventilation in the Mines During the 19th Century. In the early deep coal mines (pre-electric fan ventilation) ventilation was generated by furnaces in a purpose-built ventilation shaft, all the documents I have found relating to this shows the coal furnaces were at pit bottom in the up-cast shaft, located in two large recesses at the back of the shaft. …
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