Coal Mining in South Wales
Coal in the Rhondda was, in its time was the best steam coal in the world. From its rise in the 1850’s, till its fall in 1983, the Rhondda has been both a place of hope and a place of despair. But as well as this it has been a ray off hope for the working class, with the workers and there families of the this small south Wales vally standing up for there basic rights and pay, standing up for what they believe is right. Over the years the Rhondda valley has changed dramatically. It has changed from a small solitude hamlet nestled in the beauty of the surrounding valley, to a bruised fallen king of industry tossed onto the dieing heap of Britain’s long since over industrial revolution. There were many reasons for the coal industry to ‘boom’ in the Rhondda valley, amount these are, the thousands of square acres of steam coal rivalled by non which, G.T. Clarke of Dowlais remarked as “in the highest degree of purpose of manufacture, of commence and of war.” This comment was made during a time when every thing was run by steam engines and so was very true. But although this was true at the time it was not true later on. As the development of the diesel engine came in and things were slowly modernised, the demand for s
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Approximate Word count = 1961
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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