Blaenavon Industrial Landscape^a
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii, iv
Identification	#984
Regionb	Europe and North America
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Formal Inscription:	2000 24th Session
a Name as officially inscribed on the WH List b As classified officially by UNESCO A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State...

Blaenavon (Welsh: Blaenafon) is a town and World Heritage Site in southern Wales, lying at the source of the Afon Llwyd. The town lies high on a hillside and has a population of 6,349 people. Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... This article is about the country. ... Afon Llwyd is a small river in South Wales which flows from its source north of Blaenavon, through Abersychan, Pontypool and Cwmbran before flowing into the River Usk at Caerleon, which subsequently flows into the Bristol Channel in Newport. ...

The Big Pit Mining Museum

Blaenavon grew around an ironworks opened in 1788, part of which is now a museum. The steel-making and coal mining industries followed, boosting the town's population to over 20,000 at one time, but since the ironworks closed in 1900 and the coal mine in 1980, the population has declined, and now consists mostly of older citizens. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (3008 × 2000 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (3008 × 2000 pixel, file size: 1. ... Ironworks at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and/or steel products are made. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... The steel cable of a colliery winding tower. ... Surface coal mining in Wyoming. ... Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Book Town Blaenavon

Attempts have recently been made to turn the town's image around by introducing it as Wales's second "book town" (the first being Hay-on-Wye). However after over a year of attempts to attract visitors the project seems not to have succeeded. This can be attributed to a combination of the town's remote location and its local reputation as a very undesirable destination. This is an unfair, but true opinion of the town, as investment and local interest have completely transformed the town's main thoroughfare (Broad Street) and the book shops stock good quality and excellent value books. There are many thriving community groups within the town, including Future Blaenavon, which has helped to create a community garden at the bottom of the town. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 477 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Book Town Blaenavon: looking from Lion Street towards Broad Street File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 477 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Book Town Blaenavon: looking from Lion Street towards Broad Street File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other... A book town is a small village with a large number of second-hand or antiquarian book shops. ... Second-hand bookshop at Hay-on-Wye Hay-on-Wye (Welsh: Y Gelli Gandryll or Y Gelli), often described as the town of books, is a market town in Brecknockshire, Wales, very close to the border with England, within the Brecon Beacons National Park. ...

Attractions in the town include the Big Pit Mining Museum (an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage), Blaenavon Iron Works, the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, and the Blaenavon Male Voice Choir. Big Pit is a coal mine which is preserved for visitors under the auspices of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales as the National Mining Museum of Wales. ... The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. ... The Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway, a volunteer-run preserved railway, was first formed in the 1980s, running trains between a platform in a former colliery furnace site, up a steep but short section of railway line to a halt platform opposite the Whistle Stop public house (famed for its collection of...

Blaenavon is twinned with Coutras, France. For the 1997 film, see Twin Town Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

The Time Team Dig

The history and archeology Channel 4 TV programme, Time Team came to Blaenavon during its February 2001 series(airing date) to find 'The lost viaduct', the world's first railway viaduct(used by horse drawn wagons, carrying coal from the mines) which had been built in 1790, measuring 40 metres long and 10 metres high, and yet within about 25 years of its construction, it had completely disappeared. But with no records of its demolition, the group were there to both try to locate the structure, and to see if it was still there. History studies the past in human terms. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Television (disambiguation). ... Time Team is a popular British television series explaining the process of archaeology for the layman in the UK. Broadcast by Channel 4, the programme was first shown in 1994, and is presented by Tony Robinson. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: February - Iraq disarmament crisis: British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids attempting to disable Iraqs air defense network. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ... Torontos Bloor Street Viaduct bridges the Don valley; road traffic uses the upper deck, rail traffic uses the lower deck. ... A wagon (in old British English waggon) is a wheeled vehicle, ordinarily with four wheels, usually pulled by an animal such as a horse, mule or ox, which was used for transport of heavy goods in the past. ... Year 1790 (MDCCXC) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... The metre (or meter, see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ...

The results of this were that, eventually, during the mid-late afternoon of the final (third) day of the 'dig' they managed to uncover the top of the viaduct, which had an arched roof, beneath 12-15 metres of rubble and earth, seemingly still standing, however due to the fact that it was so late in the day, on the last day, they were unable to dig any further, but it means that future archeological excavations should be more successful. The term archaeological excavation has a double meaning. ...

See also

• Mining in Wales - an account of mining at Blaenavon

A Welsh miner at Tower Colliery Mining in Wales provided a significant source of income to the Economy of Wales throughout the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. ...

External links/References

• Blaenavon Town Council
• Time Team - The Lost Viaduct

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