I'm in Blaenavon in south east Wales. The town grew up around a large ironworks, which open in 1789, and is now a world heritage site for its industrial landscape. I'm standing on top of the water balance tower. This used a water displacement lift to carry the iron up to a railway. The railway carried the iron across the mountains to a canal where it was transported to Newport for export around the world. The iron works includes cottages and a company shop. The cottages were used by the BBC for a reality show 'Coal House'. Three families were moved into cottages made up to be 1927 coal mining family homes.
Blaenavon was also the site of a Time Team dig. They were looking for a railway viaduct which used horse drawn carriages to carry coal from the mines and was built in 1790. They found a bit of it right at the end of the last day.
Nearby is the Big Pit coal mine. It is now the national coal museum and you can go down the mine. It's very interesting.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Blaenavon
I'm in Blaenavon in south east Wales. The town grew up around a large ironworks, which open in 1789, and is now a world heritage site for its industrial landscape. I'm standing on top of the water balance tower. This used a water displacement lift to carry the iron up to a railway. The railway carried the iron across the mountains to a canal where it was transported to Newport for export around the world. The iron works includes cottages and a company shop. The cottages were used by the BBC for a reality show 'Coal House'. Three families were moved into cottages made up to be 1927 coal mining family homes.
Blaenavon was also the site of a Time Team dig. They were looking for a railway viaduct which used horse drawn carriages to carry coal from the mines and was built in 1790. They found a bit of it right at the end of the last day.
Nearby is the Big Pit coal mine. It is now the national coal museum and you can go down the mine. It's very interesting.
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