Mardy Colliery

Maerdy Colliery
Location
CountryWales
Production
ProductsSteam coal
History
Opened1881 (1881)
Active1881–1990
Closed1990
Owner
Company1874–1880: Mordecai Jones / J. R. Cobb
1880–1932: Locket's Merthyr Company
1932–1935: Welsh Associated Collieries
1935–1947: Powell Duffryn
1947–1990: National Coal Board

Maerdy Colliery was a coal mine located in the South Wales village of Maerdy (Welsh: Y Maerdy), in the Rhondda Valley, located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, and within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales. Opened in 1875, it closed in December 1990.