Big Pit colliery

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Big Pit colliery is a preserved former coal mine in Blaenavon, Wales, now operating as a museum that illustrates the region’s industrial and mining heritage.

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Big Pit colliery canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former coal mine ⓘ
industrial heritage site ⓘ
museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
admissionFee free general admission ⓘ
category coal mining museum ⓘ
open-air museum ⓘ
closureDateAsWorkingMine 1980 ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
hasFeature bath house ⓘ
blacksmith’s forge ⓘ
exhibitions on coal mining ⓘ
lamp room ⓘ
pithead buildings ⓘ
underground mine workings ⓘ
winding engine house ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
heritageTheme industrial heritage ⓘ
mining heritage ⓘ
inception 19th century ⓘ
industry coal mining ⓘ
languageOfSignage English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn Blaenavon ⓘ
South Wales ⓘ
linked to: South Wales Valleys

Torfaen ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
nearbyCity Newport ⓘ
Pontypool ⓘ
openingDateAsMuseum 1983 ⓘ
operatedBy National Museum Wales ⓘ
ownedBy Welsh Government ⓘ
partOf Blaenavon Industrial Landscape ⓘ
purpose to interpret the history of coal mining in Wales ⓘ
to preserve mining buildings and equipment ⓘ
recognizedFor interpretation of miners’ working conditions ⓘ
role in Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Site ⓘ
well-preserved colliery structures ⓘ
region South Wales Coalfield ⓘ
safetyEquipmentRequired belt ⓘ
helmet ⓘ
lamp ⓘ
transportAccess road access from A465 Heads of the Valleys Road ⓘ
undergroundTourAvailable yes ⓘ
visitorExperience guided underground tours by former miners ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape → hasPart → Big Pit colliery ⓘ
Blaenavon → miningSite → Big Pit colliery ⓘ