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Hirwaun,-Tower-Colliery,-Zipworld-8716 The oldest 'deep' mine in theworld and the last to close in the Wales. The Coal Board wanted to close it but the workers bought it as a co-operative and ran it at profit for another 18 years. They still own it and it is now a Zip Wire attraction. This was taken the week or so before Zip World opened so crosses two time frames of its history. Keywords: Colliery, Cymru, Hirwaun, Tower, Wales, coal, dusk, mine, pithead, puddle, reflection, sunset
Hirwaun,-Tower-Colliery,-Zipworld-8716 The oldest 'deep' mine in theworld and the last to close in the Wales. The Coal Board wanted to close it but the workers bought it as a co-operative and ran it at profit for another 18 years. They still own it and it is now a Zip Wire attraction. This was taken the week or so before Zip World opened so crosses two time frames of its history. Keywords: Colliery, Cymru, Hirwaun, Tower, Wales, coal, dusk, mine, pithead, puddle, reflection, sunset
© Mark Watkin Price - Cymrutopia

The oldest 'deep' mine in theworld and the last to

close in the Wales. The Coal Board wanted to close it but the workers bought it as a co-operative and ran it at profit for another 18 years. They still own it and it is now a Zip Wire attraction. This was taken the week or so before Zip World opened so crosses two time frames of its history.