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Big Pit National Coal Museum

Big Pit National Coal Museum (Welsh: Pwll Mawr Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru) is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, South Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 under the auspices of the National Museum of Wales. Located adjacent to the preserved Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, Big Pit is part of the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, a World Heritage Site, and an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
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  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    general view

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    The 1920 built Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Blaenavon Co. Ltd. Nora No. 5 displayed at Big Pit with a Tirpentwys Colliery coal wagon. Tirpentwys Colliery closed in 1969.

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    The former electrical workshop buildings.

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Displays outside the blacksmith's shop and workshop. Baths and canteen building above.

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Surface buildings winding engine house left, blacksmith';s shop and workshops beyond with the Miners' Welfare Building which includes a cafeteria and shower block dating from the 1930s above. Today part of this building is given over to museum displays.

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Winding house detail

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    The pit head

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Pit head

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Pit head

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    The tram circuit a the pit head

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    The Stockyard, with sawmill in the back ground

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    The Stockyard

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    The Stockyard, tram circuit on left, saw mill in the distance.

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - March 31, 2018

    Big Pit Colliery Headstock, pit head building.

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    The King Coal mining interpretation displays are located underground and are accessed by the lower entrance with visitors leaving by the upper exit.

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Miners' Welfare Building - locker rooms

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Miners' Welfare Building - locker rooms

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Miners' Welfare Building - Boot Greasing Room.

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Water balance headgear preserved at Big Pit - the brick building beyond is the explosives magazine.

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    View of Big Pit from outside the Miners' Welfare building.

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    View of Big Pit from outside the Miners' Welfare building.

  • Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales - December 30, 2016

    Blacksmith's Shop interior at Big Pit National Coal Museum.

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