Nine Mile Point colliery

Nine Mile Point colliery

Nine Mile Point colliery at Cwmfelinfach was opened in 1902 as "Coronation Colliery". The deepest shaft was 1,176 feet deep. It was renamed Nine Mile Point as that was the distance of the tramroad from the edge of Lord Tredegar's boundary in Newport to the colliery.

At its peak it employed 2,105 men. These men mainly lived in surrounding villages, Wattsville and Cwmfelinfach. In 1935, 164 men "stayed down" in a "sit in" protest. the first ever in the South Wales coalfield. The dispute was over the use of scab labour. The colliery closed in 1964.

ee also

*Nine Mile Point Colliery Riot of 1929

External links

* [http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk Welsh Coal Mines] - check out the history of this pit.
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/coalhouse/sites/mines/pages/nine_mile_point_colliery.shtml BBC Coal House site]


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