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Collieries - Garngoch N2
Garngoch Colliery No.2
Location: Latitude: 51.667125 , Longitude: -4.016988 or Map Grid Reference: SS6060798409
John Glasbrook (1816-1887) Colliery Owner - Contemporary Portraits, Men & Women of South Wales & Monmouthshire", (Western Mail, 1897) |
Garngoch No.1 Colliery Area - Google Earth 1945 |
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| Garngoch No.2 Colliery Area reproduced from 1936 -1947 (Disused) | Garngoch No.2 Colliery Area - Google Earth 2009 |
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 Garngoch No.2 Colliery |
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 Gorseinon Road |
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 Mineral Railway: Running from No.2 & No.3 through No.1 |
Garngoch my understanding, meaning "red cairn", explanation: Garn or Carn (mound or cairn) from bronze age burial and goch,
meaning red coming from the Battle of Gower 1136. The area is also linked with Roman times.
The Battle of Gower 1136 memorial stone can be seen - follow sign post from Hospital Road, Garngoch.
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Area |
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Details |
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STORY OF SWANSEA D & V |
1886 |
The new pit struck and passed through the four ft. seam, the five ft. seam, six ft. seam and the three ft. seam at which seam sinking was terminated at a depth of 360 yards. |
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(RL) |
THE COLLIERS OF THE SWANSEA |
1902 April |
It was one mile north-west of the No.l Pit and worked the
Six-Feet seam towards the north and the south until this date.. |
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(RL) |
THE COLLIERS OF THE SWANSEA |
1908 |
The No.2 was also managed by J.W. Evans and employed 376 /78 men. |
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| (RL) | THE COLLIERS OF THE SWANSEA |
1913 |
No.2 Pit employed 484 men and was managed by W. Morgans. |
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(RL) |
THE COLLIERS OF THE SWANSEA |
1915 |
No.2 employed 513 men. |
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(RL) |
THE COLLIERS OF THE SWANSEA |
1916 |
The No.2 employed 439 men and was managed J. Evans. |
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(RL) |
THE COLLIERS OF THE SWANSEA |
1918 |
No.2 employed 164/47, manager D.J. Price. |
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(RL) |
THE COLLIERS OF THE SWANSEA |
1919 |
The No.2 employed 213 men, manager D.J. Price. |
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(RL) |
THE COLLIERS OF THE SWANSEA. |
1921 |
It then worked the Five-Feet seam until its closure. |
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DISCREPANCIES AFTER 1921 - Maps vs Print & Web |
MAPS SHOW: 1921 OK, 1936 DISUSED AND 1936-51 DISUSED AND THE INFORMATION OF: THE COLLIERS OF THE SWANSEA AND SWANSEA VALLLEY GENERAL AREAS by Ray Lawrence BSc. 2008, |
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(RL) |
THE COLLIERS OF THE SWANSEA. |
1934 |
The No.2 employed 100 men on the surface and 495 men underground with |
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| (RL) | THE COLLIERS OF THE SWANSEA |
1943/5 |
In the No.2 was managed by E. Rolfe and |
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1955 |
No.2 closed. ? |
If you have informormation to clear-up this discrepancy, please let me know - Email link at page bottom.
NOTES: AREA COLLUM (etc.) - THE COLLIERS OF THE SWANSEA AND SWANSEA VALLLEY GENERAL AREAS by Ray Lawrence BSc. 2008 -- STORY OF SWANSEA D & V Norman Lewis Thomas (The Story of Swansea Districts and Villages Volume II Parts IV-VIII with Abridged Volume I Parts I - III, 1969)
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I have purposely left out the position of the colliery shaft on Google Earth, due to its position.
It mainly worked the Swansea Four-Feet, Five-Feet and Six-Feet seams.
Workers: e.g. 355 /61 = 355 underground and 61 on the surface.
The names of collieries would often change with ownership or re-openings, the coal seam name would sometimes follow suit. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
QUOTE "However, the No. 2 Colliery was not closed down but the five ft. seam which was at the lesser depth of 203 yards was opened out. The seam proved of excellent quality and good thickness and the develop-ment of the seam was proceeded with, by which time the coal trade had picked up and the coal from here became known as "Glasbrook's Smokeless Steam Coal." When the workings of the No. 2 Pit met the workings from No. 1 Pit, it was decided to close down the old No. 1 Colliery and raise the coal through No. 2 Colliery."
The Story of Swansea Districts and Villages Volume II Parts IV-VIII with Abridged Volume I Parts I - III, 1969, p68
REFERENCE: "Garngoch" was used to filter the Cambrian index as best as possible with the information available. (C) Cambrian [web filtered] | Available from the Swansea County Hall |
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*A huge thank you to Dave Arnold for all his help with the Collieries* |
Thank you to the City & County of Swansea for all your help and support. |