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Big Pit National Coal Museum

In or near Blaenavon.

Big Pit National Coal Museum — former coal mine and industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon in south-east Wales, United Kingdom.

Big Pit National Coal Museum

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Big Pit National Coal Museum is a museum in south. Established 1983. (Former mine and industrial heritage museum.) Wikipedia notes: "Big Pit National Coal Museum is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 as a charitable trust called the Big Pit (Blaenavon) Trust.". Coordinates 51.7724°, -3.1050°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
51.7724, -3.1050
Established
1983
Official site
museum.wales

Sources

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