Oakdale Colliery
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Oakdale Colliery was a coal mine located in the Sirhowy Valley, one of the valleys of South Wales.
Visitors at Oakdale Colliery seen during a railtour in April 1986
Oakdale, Caerphilly
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Oakdale is a large village in Caerphilly county borough, Wales, 9½ miles north of Caerphilly itself, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. Situated in the Sirhowy valley, it is 1.5 miles ea
Oakdale Colliery
…seams of " black gold." One of these was at the small rural hamlet of Rhiw Syr Dafydd. Work began clearing the site for the new colliery at Ty Mellyn, Oakdale, with the sinking of the pit in 1907. Waterloo shaft followed in 1911. The shafts, North (upcast), and South, were 626 and 650 yards deep respectively…
Oakdale Workmen's Institute at St Fagans National Museum of History
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