Big Pit National Coal Museum

Blaenavon, Wales · United Kingdom

Big Pit National Coal Museum, United Kingdom
Photo: Rafaël Delaedt (Arafi), CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

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At this former colliery in the South Wales valleys, ex-miners lead visitors 90 metres underground into the old workings. The surface buildings, winding gear and pithead baths survive as part of a wider industrial World Heritage landscape.

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