Last Pit in the Rhondda Closes

On this day in1990 the last colliery in this South Wales mining valley closed.
At its height the coal-mining industry in the Rhondda valley employed more
than 50,000 men. Maerdy colliery had been in production since 1875.


Links

Welshcoalmines.co.uk
Rhondda-Cynon-Taf libraries
Myforefathers.co.uk
South Wales Coalfield Collection
Data-Wales