Seven Sisters Colliery

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Seven Sisters Colliery was a coal mine in Wales that served as the industrial hub and primary employer around which the village of Seven Sisters grew.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coal mine
colliery
associatedWith coal mining communities in South Wales
category Coal mines in Wales
History of Neath Port Talbot
Industrial history of Wales
closureImpact economic decline in Seven Sisters
local unemployment
country United Kingdom
employed hundreds of miners
hasHeritage local mining memorials
oral histories of miners and families
impact shaped social and economic life of Seven Sisters
industry coal mining
languageOfCommunity Welsh
languageOfWorkplace English
locatedIn Seven Sisters NERFINISHED
Wales
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Neath Port Talbot NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricCounty Glamorgan NERFINISHED
nationalizedOn 1947
opened late 19th century
operatorAfterNationalization National Coal Board NERFINISHED
ownedBy private coal company
partOf South Wales Coalfield NERFINISHED
primaryEmployerOf Seven Sisters NERFINISHED
product household coal
steam coal
role industrial hub of Seven Sisters
significantFor development of the village of Seven Sisters
transportConnection mineral railway sidings
railway

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Seven Sisters developedAround Seven Sisters Colliery