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Marine Colliery Pumping Engine is a scheduled ancient monument located in Wales representing the industrial heritage of coal extraction during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The engine served a critical function in managing water drainage from the Marine Colliery, a significant coal mine whose operations relied upon such mechanical equipment to keep the workings dry and operational. As an example of industrial machinery from the post-medieval and modern period, the pumping engine reflects the technological developments that enabled deep coal mining to expand in Wales during the industrial era. The monument survives as evidence of the engineering solutions employed by collieries to overcome the persistent challenge of groundwater ingress.
Marine Colliery Pumping Engine is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM218. View the official record →
Marine Colliery Pumping Engine is a scheduled ancient monument located in Wales representing the industrial heritage of coal extraction during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM218.
Marine Colliery Pumping Engine dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a colliery. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Marine Colliery Pumping Engine is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is MM218.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Illtyd Castle Mound (3.7 km), Pen y Fan Canal Reservoir (3.9 km), St. Sannan's Churchayrd Cross, Bedwellty (4.6 km).
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