Collieries after Nationalisation in 1947

Dates in brackets indicate the date that the colliery merged with another
Name Opened Closed (Merged)
Bedlinog 1875 December 1948
Bedlinog Cross Measures Drift 1930 March 1956
Castle [Pumping Station] 1866 1950
Cwmglo 1924 December 1949
Deep Duffryn 1850 September 1979
Lucy Thomas, No.4 Pit 1940 March 1955
Lucy Thomas, No.5 Pit 1945 March 1955
Merthyr Vale 1869 August 1989
Pidwellt 1930 December 1953
Taff Merthyr 1922 October 1992
Trelewis Drift 1954 August 1989
Werfa Dare 1860 August 1949

Collieries that closed prior to 1947

Nixon’s Navigation Colliery

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