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Aberaman Colliery, 1910.
Two shafts were sunk by David William to the Blackband Iron Vein in 1840 at 85 yards deep.
In 1847 Crawshay Bailey opened pits to the bituminous coal levels.
An explosion at the Blackband pits in June 1848 claimed the lives of 11 miners.
A number of miners were killed here in an underground accident on the 18th of April 1855.
Deepened to reach the Nine Feet seam in 1860
During 1866 it was purchase by the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company, who further deepened the shafts to the Lower Four Feet seam at 240 yards.
In 1896 there were 961 men employed, this had increased to 1,739 in 1908.
Later it became linked with Abercwmboi colliery and worked as a single unit.
From a report 1923 there were 1,599 men employed at this unit, producing from the Two Feet Nine, Yard, Seven Feet, Bute, Four Feet and Gellideg seams.
In 1945 this unit employed 447 men.
The National Coal Board closed it in November 1962.