Watertower, Pantgasseg, Wales 04/08

stesh · Apr 20, 2008

On a recent visit to see the outlaws, I spotted this weird building, I guess it was a watertower?

Location:-

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.684916&lon=-3.095282&z=20&r=0&src=ggl

(Phone pics)

krela · Apr 21, 2008

There's a report about that on here somewhere already.

Sheep will be able to tell you all about it. I know their was a whole colliery there at one point and that's all that remains. It's the water tower to hold the water they used to wash the coal.

stesh · Apr 21, 2008

krela said:
There's a report about that on here somewhere already.

Sheep will be able to tell you all about it. I know their was a whole colliery there at one point and that's all that remains. It's the water tower to hold the water they used to wash the coal.

Cheers krela,

Taking a look Sheeps avatar

and photobucket, I see what you mean.

sinnerman · Apr 21, 2008

Thats Hafodyrynys Colliery's Slurry Tower, Hafodyrynys was a drift mine developed in the 1950's as a modern colliery but it experienced major geological diffculties and closed in the mid sixties. The washery remained processing coal from neigbouring mines Glyntillery, Tirpentwys and Blaenserchan to which it was linked underground, Glyntillery colsed soon after and when Tirpentwys closed in 1977 the coal produced in Blaenserchan which was located beyond Tirpetwys was diverted elsewhare and there was no coal left for Hafodyrynys to process. The washery tower was the only bit of the collery except for the retaining wall along the road site to be saved, because it is of a unique design most washery slurry towers of the same period are like funnels planted in the ground. A lot of the slury mix machinery is still in situ on the top level but is really dificult to get up to it.

stesh · Apr 21, 2008

Cheers for the information Sinnerman, always good to know the history behind at building

Foxylady · Apr 22, 2008

We visited here during the South Wales meet back in Feb. Here's the report I put up about it.

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=3672

stesh · Apr 23, 2008

Cheers Foxy,

Yeah I couldn't see a way up either, apart from rope or ladders.

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