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Taff Colliery;Nixon's Merthyr Vale Colliery;Merthyr Vale Colliery, Aberfan

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NPRN80485
Map ReferenceSO00SE
Grid ReferenceSO0738000010
Unitary (Local) AuthorityMerthyr Tydfil
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityMerthyr Vale
Type Of SiteCOAL MINE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
The colliery is depicted on Ordnance Survey 25in maps as 'Taff Colliery' (first ed., 1876); 'Nixon's Merthyr Vale Colliery' (second ed., 1900) and 'Merthyr Vale Colliery' (third ed., 1919). The site has been demolished and cleared. A tramway, 'Nixon's Colliery Tramway' was built to carry waste spoil from the colliery and eventually extended for almost a kilometre to the north, crossing to the west bank of the River Taff before 1900 and extending over Aberfan Road on the 'Black Bridge' (nprn 410671).
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 27 April 2010.