NPRN33468
Map ReferenceST08NE
Grid ReferenceST0658586115
Unitary (Local) AuthorityRhondda Cynon Taff
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityLlantwit Fardre
Type Of SiteCOOLING TOWER
PeriodModern
Description1. Northern wooden cooling tower. Part of Cwm Coking Works (nprn 91585).
Site visited B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 22 January 1999.
2. Cwm Colliery operated from 1909 to 1986, and a coking works was established on the site by the National Coal Board in 1957. Two cooling towers were built entirely of timber following the traditional pattern.
(Source: Collieries of Wales, RCAHMW)
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 25 May 2011.