| 11. | Several mineral lines radiated from the Coatbridge line to coal pits close to the line.
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| 12. | Britain had about 1, 000 working coal pits when the industry was nationalized in 1947.
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| 13. | Local mines included Scatton, Avon and Dyffryn coal pits as well as numerous drift mines.
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| 14. | From the wharf, a tramway crossed the Gwendraeth Fawr to connect with the coal pits.
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| 15. | John was a framework knitter from Coal Pit Lane.
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| 16. | The agent of Lord Granville's coal pits had his house ransacked and his office burnt.
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| 17. | A coal pit is marked at Old Rome in 1860, with miners rows and a school.
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| 18. | The wharf at its terminus was also served by a tramway connecting it to coal pits.
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| 19. | Three years later, the only remaining coal pit in the region was Maltby Colliery near Rotherham.
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| 20. | By 1821 there was a total of 41 coal pits on the Brymbo Hall estate alone.
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