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Mount Pleasant Square
Sunday 24th February
2:35am
Row of houses known as Old Tunnel, the first tunnel to Sirhowy entered near here, it subsequently became a coal level and was closed before 1900
Sunday 24th February
2:31am
Possibly the tramrway constructed to link Ebbw vale forge to Sirhowy Ironworks before the Harford and #1&2 tunnels/ levels were driven.
Monday 20th August
3:07am
Colliers Row
Monday 20th August
3:05am
Creeper haulage taking spoil from disused Gantra pits #8,9 and 10, the shale left from mining the argillaceous iron ore pins was ideal for brickmaking, ganister clay was abundant as was small coal.
Monday 20th August
3:04am
Continuation of outcrop workings, all worked out before 1900 when most of the houses shown were started to be built.
Monday 20th August
3:01am
Ironstone outcrop quarry, there a tunnel in the face, now partly covered by Hilltop Sports field
Monday 20th August
2:59am
Switchback of Trefil mineral railway to lengthen line for gradient, also passes #7 pit Waun y pound
Monday 20th August
2:57am
Trefil mineral railway taking limestone to works
Monday 20th August
2:55am
Gantra Brickworks
Monday 20th August
2:54am
Brynheulig Brick works or the New Brickworks
Monday 20th August
2:54am
brickworks
Saturday 11th August
8:27pm
brickworks
Saturday 11th August
8:25pm
David Street
Sunday 15th July
4:08pm
Tothill Street
Saturday 14th July
11:10pm
Brynheulog Street
Saturday 14th July
11:07pm
Tredegar Road
Tuesday 3rd July
2:00pm
Valley Road
Tuesday 3rd July
1:58pm
Mount Pleasant Road
Tuesday 3rd July
1:58pm
Council Street
Tuesday 3rd July
1:57pm
Letchworth Road
Tuesday 3rd July
1:57pm
Alfred Street
Tuesday 3rd July
1:56pm
Hughes Avenue
Tuesday 3rd July
1:55pm
Mt. Pleasant Square at bottom right, my old family home. Many good times there with great people locally.
Hughes Avenue running up the photo to Willowtown School; crossing Mt. Pleasant Road, Council Street, Letchworth Road ( also lived there) .
Lovely photo - brings back lots of good memories.
Left Ebbw in 1969 - but it' s stiill here in my heart.
Tuesday 26th June
6:39pm
Gantre and Brynheulog Brickworks, they used the wast shale spoil from the coal and iron ore mines to make engineering bricks.
Tuesday 26th June
2:46am