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Gresford Colliery (Wales)

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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2015002825
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2015002825#concept

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e-uk-wl

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Glofa Gresffordd (Wales)

Broader Terms

Coal mines and mining--Wales

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Gresford Colliery Label from public data source Wikidata
Wales--Gresford Colliery

Sources

found: Work cat: Tinson, B. The Gresford letters: aftermath of a mining disaster: letters, love and loyalty in 1934, 2009:p. iii (Gresford Colliery)

found: Wikipedia, viewed 27 July 2016:Gresffordd page (Glofa Gresffordd)

found: Wikipedia, viewed 27 July 2016(Gresford Colliery was a coal mine located a mile from the North Wales village of Gresford, near Wrexham, Wales; it opened in 1911; was the site of one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters; the Gresford Disaster occurred on Saturday 22 September 1934; 266 men died in the underground explosion; it closed in 1973)

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2015-11-24: new
2016-10-18: revised

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