Multiple coal miners lamps on belts charging batteries, lamp room in a South Wales pit colliery

Multiple coal miners lamps on belts charging batteries, lamp room in a South Wales pit colliery Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JAXT5B

File size:

51.2 MB (2.1 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5040 x 3552 px | 42.7 x 30.1 cm | 16.8 x 11.8 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

25 May 2022

Location:

Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, UK

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. Recorded at Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, UK in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The frame specifically shows Multiple coal miners lamps on belts charging batteries, lamp room in a South Wales pit colliery. Further facets of the scene include manufacturing heritage, historic freight equipment, conservation architecture, local character, historic streetscape, factory heritage, visual archive, before-and-after reference, heritage landmark, historic townscape, place identity, architectural detailing, architectural character, and regional identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by adaptive reuse, embodied carbon and the continuing question of the reuse of former industrial land and buildings. From a 2025-onward perspective, local identity and adaptive reuse are closely linked to this subject, alongside the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, UK, details that may look very different after redevelopment. The subject also sits alongside industrial artefact, public realm, built heritage, local history, labour history, local landmark, contemporary social history, and documentary photography. The recorded references to charging, belts, miners, Wales, and Multiple preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate adaptive reuse and the growing value of industrial heritage for tourism and local identity in a form that can be compared with future views of Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, UK. Image 2JAXT5B also remains a dated record of Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, UK.