Ffotograffau byllau glo John Cornwell

Ffotograffydd ar ei liwt ei hun oedd John Cornwell. Yn y saithdegau a'r wythdegau cynnar, tynnodd nifer o ffotograffau o byllau glo, yn Ne Cymru a Chanolbarth Lloegr yn bennaf, a hynny ar yr wyneb a danddaear.

Perffeithiodd dechneg o dynnu ffotograffau danddaear oedd yn defnyddio goleuadau cyffredin pwll glo, gan alluogi iddo dynnu lluniau hynod eglur o dalcenni glo, twnneli, siafftiau ac offer. Yn ogystal â thynnu ffotograffau mewn pyllau gweithredol, byddai hefyd yn cofnodi gweithfeydd segur, ar yr wyneb a danddaear.

Roedd John Cornwell hefyd yn uchel ei barch ym maes archaeoleg ddiwydiannol. Cyhoeddodd nifer o lyfrau ar byllau glo Cymru a Lloegr.

Mae hawlfraint ei ddelweddau o dde Cymru bellach ym meddiant Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru.

Lluniau John Cornwell

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Nid yw sylwadau ar gael ar hyn o bryd. Ymddiheuriadau am yr anghyfleustra.

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Mark Williamsg

19 Ebrill 2022, 12:28

Great photos love looking back I worked at oakdale and taff merthyr have you any photos I could get. Regards mark

Lewis Powell

3 Mawrth 2022, 13:26

Loved the photos I’m trying to get photos of Yorkshire pits such as Middleton broom loft house rothwell and alerton bye water as these are the pits I worked at from 1965 to 1985 Lewis Powell

Lewis Powell

3 Mawrth 2022, 13:26

Loved the photos I’m trying to get photos of Yorkshire pits such as Middleton broom loft house rothwell and alerton bye water as these are the pits I worked at from 1965 to 1985 Lewis Powell

Ceri Thompson Staff Amgueddfa Cymru

1 Chwefror 2022, 15:05

Dear Lewis Powell

I’m afraid that we only collect images of Welsh collieries, it might be worth contacting the National Coal Mining Museum for England, Caphouse Colliery, Wakefield to see what they have in their collections.

Best wishes

Ceri Thompson, Curator, Big Pit: National Coal Museum

Lewis Powell

31 Ionawr 2022, 18:53

Any photos of Middleton broom rothwell collerley loft house colleriey and alerton by water colleriey please

John Steven

17 Ionawr 2022, 20:32

What a stunning collection of photographs which I’m enjoying looking through with great interest.

Ceri Thompson, Curator of Coal Staff Amgueddfa Cymru

2 Mawrth 2021, 10:31

Dear Mr Wray

I don’t think that the compensation was for the same accident.

Another John Lewis was killed on 16th January 1903 under a fall of coal at Castle Pit which was owned by the Plymouth Company. The compensation probably refers to this incident.

If I can be of any further help, please let me know.

Best wishes

Ceri

Philip Wray

26 Chwefror 2021, 14:27

On 10 June 1900 John Lewis of 30 Bridge Street Troedyrhiw Merthyr was killed while working at the Plymouth Colliery Level according to a news report.
There was an inquest during which it was stated that he was working at the Clynmill Coal Level belonging to the Plymouth Company.
On 3 April 1903 an Ann Lewis (John's widow was named, Ann) and her children received a compensation award of £300 from Messrs Crawshay Brothers Cynfarthfa Ltd following the death of her husband.

I'd be grateful for your observations, please, about 1) whether this payment was for John's accident (I can't tie Clynmill to the Crawshays) and 2) in exactly which colliery did the accident occur. An OS map dated shows the Clyn mil Pits levels 1 and 2 being disused.

David Lee

13 Rhagfyr 2020, 12:10

I worked in the mining industry in North Derbyshire all my working life, and find the photos and comments very interesting. A question for Nia Evans. Were the memories of Faith Anderson's Grand Father ever made public ? I would be extremely interested to read them if possible.

Alcwyn Elliott

30 Hydref 2020, 16:22

Great photographs, I have worked at many of these mines in South wales working on installing training and repairing the AB shearers that cut the coal on the Longwall. Some of these mines were Big Pit, Marine Lady Windsor Bargoed Britannia Bedwas Six Bells, Nantgarw, Merthyr Vale Tafff Merthyr, the list goes on.
I started at Bargoed Pit and moved on from there to Anderson Mavor (Anderson Boyes eventually Anderson Strathclyde)
Ystrad Mynach College gave me the education I needed for my career.
Now retired with 45 years in coal mines.

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