Penallta Colliery
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Penallta Colliery was a
History
Situated near
Nationalisation
In 1947, the mine was nationalised as part of the governments post-
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
Penallta Country Park
In 1996, a vision for Penallta was put forward by
To complete redevelopment of Penallta, the council developed a business park on the site, and have now agreed 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.
Several of the colliery buildings and structures are Grade II* listed, including the colliery baths, engine hall and the pit's headframe.[4]
Sultan
A 200 metres (660 ft) artwork, Sultan, created between 1996 and 1999 by Mike Petts, commemorates pit ponies. It uses 60,000 tons of coal shale waste, covered with living grass.[5] The artwork was named by local people, after one of the last pit ponies from the area, which was still living at the time.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Penallta Colliery". welshcoalmines.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
- ^ "Penallta Colliery, Glamorgan (Minister's Visit)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 12 December 1949. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
- ^ a b c "Penallta Colliery". BBC Wales. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
- ^ "Listed Buildings in Gelligaer, Caerphilly, Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ a b Cooper, John (14 December 2019). "The huge tribute to the pit ponies of Wales you may never have noticed". Wales Online. Retrieved 18 December 2019.