Blaenavon, Wales is full of hardcore industrial revolution-era attractions. Pig iron and coal, what more could a worker masochist want? Grab a shovel and get digging.
Work at the Big Pit site started in the early 19th century as an ironworks mining operation. The site switched over to coal around the 1850s and the mine didn't close until 1970.
The landmark piece on the property, the imposing winding tower. Going down.
You can get a tour of some of the shafts. Hardhat and warnings and then, ready to go. In the lamp room, one of the old style lights is ready for checkout.
The blacksmith shop, a place of which Dickens would have been proud.
By the 1900s, improvements were made for the workers. They could now clean their boots and clean themselves in a support area.
Fair warning on a coal car.
People and places you do not want to see. A rescue worker and the medical unit.
The locker room is cool, stark silver lockers. The museum has done a nice job bringing history to life, peppering open lockers with specific worker's stories and props.
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