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Blaenavon's Big Pit -preserving the Welsh coal mining story
The Big Pit National Coal Museum at Torfaen, Wales, was an active coal mine from 1860 to 1980, and then re-opened in 1983 as a fascinating museum of Wales' mining heritage. The Coal Museum is part of the Blaenavon World Heritage Site