Blaenavon Industrial Landscape facts for kids

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Blaenavon Industrial Landscape *
Big Pit Mining Museum.jpg
View of Big Pit Mining Museum
Country United Kingdom
Type Cultural
Criteria iii, iv
Reference 984
Region ** Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription 2000 (24th Session)

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape is the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Blaenavon, Wales.

The site includes coal and ore mines, quarries, a primitive railway system, furnaces, workers' homes, and the social infrastructure of the community.

History

The town of Blaenavon and 3,290 hectares in the region of the town were named a World Heritage Site in 2000. The area around Blaenavon shows of the importance of South Wales as the world's major producer of iron and coal in the 19th century.

Gallery

  • Big Pit, Blaenavon - geograph.org.uk - 661746

    Big Pit, 1987

  • Blaenavon (High Level) Station 1825292 9faf8e87

    Blaenavon High Level Station, 1965

  • Blaenavon (Low Level) Station 1825303 c6aad9a7

    Blaenavon Low Level Station, 1965

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Images for kids

  • Hill's Tramroad in Cwm Ifor - geograph.org.uk - 634687

    Hill's Tramroad leading from the Pwll Du Tunnel to the Garnddyrys Forge. Line above is the leat that carried water from the balancing pond east of Pwll Du to the forge site at Garnddyrys

  • Entrance to Blaenavon World Heritage Centre

    Blaenavon World Heritage Centre


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