Parc Penallta South Wales, Uk. filmed using DJI Phantom Vision
Former Penallta colliery site now transformed for evryone to enjoy.
Penallta Colliery | 28 May 2016
Penallta Colliery is located on Winding Wheel Lane in a small community named Penallta in Hengoed, Caerphilly, Wales it was built in 1905 and in 1935 held the European record for coal wound in a 24 hour period. The site currently contains The Bath House. The Main Works and 3 other buildings. 2 of them being currently used for Housing.
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ABANDONED PENALLTA BATH HOUSE SOUTH WALES VALLEYS
Join me, CollidingPlanets as I enter the Penallta Bath House and take a good look round this amazing place.
Some History
Situated near Hengoed, in 1905 Powell Duffryn began the sinking of Penallta colliery, and had employed 291 men by 1908. The two shafts Nos.1 (downcast 783 yards (716 m)) and 2 (upcast 750 yards (690 m)), and at the time were the deepest in the South Wales Coalfield. The first coal was raised in 1909, with the railway served by the Cylla branch which connected it to both the Rhymney Railway from the Ystrad Mynach north junction and the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway. By 1923 there were 2,395 men employed, producing from the Six Feet seam, and at peak production during the 1930s, there were in excess of 3,200 men employed. In 1930 it produced 975,603 tons, and in 1935 it held the European record for coal winding.
Nationalisation
In 1947, the mine was nationalised as part of the governments post-World War II regeneration scheme and became owned by the National Coal Board. An investment was made, and in the late 1940s a Meco-Moore Cutter Loader was installed, one of the first power loaders to be used in British mines, and as a result, the Minister of Fuel and Power Hugh Gaitskell made a visit in December 1949. The colliery formed a rugby union club in 1952 called Penallta RFC, and in 1954 produced 500,000 tonnes of coal. During 1960 the shafts were extended to reach 800 yards as part of a scheme, which also included electrification of the shaft winding engines.
But access to coal was becoming more difficult, and by the 1970s only 700 men were producing 210,000 tons yearly from the Lower Nine Feet and Seven Feet seams - both 20% of the figures at the height of production. The colliery survived the 1984-1985 miners strike and made impressive gains in production after the return to work. But it was closed by British Coal on 1 November 1991 with the last shift led out by a brass band, the last deep mine working in the Rhymney Valley.
Redevelopment
Breaking the Mould at Parc Penallta by Andrew McKeown
In 1996, a vision for Penallta was put forward by Caerphilly County Borough Council, in partnership with Groundwork Wales and various local community, statutory and voluntary agencies. Stage1 of the project converted 180 hectares of derelict land transformed into a community park. Stage2 created more access, through the installation of a bridle path and cycle tracks, and a stone footpath.
To complete redevelopment of Penallta, the council developed a business park on the site, and have now agreed to a development project which will result in a housing estate on part of the site, whereby the listed building status of the headgear of the two shafts are proposed to be part of a pioneering housing development scheme.
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Aerial view of penallta colliery 2016.
Situated near Hengoed, in 1905 Powell Duffryn began the sinking of Penallta colliery, and had employed 291 men by 1908. The two shafts Nos.1 (downcast 783 yards (716 m)) and 2 (upcast 750 yards (690 m)), and at the time were the deepest in the South Wales Coalfield. The first coal was raised in 1909, with the railway served by the Cylla branch which connected it to both the Rhymney Railway from the Ystrad Mynach north junction, and the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway. By 1923 there were 2,395 men employed, producing from the Six Feet seam, and at peak production during the 1930s, there were in excess of 3,200 men employed. In 1930 it produced 975,603 tons, and in 1935 it held the European record for coal winding.[1]
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