Location | |
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Country | Wales |
Production | |
Products | Steam coal |
History | |
Opened | 1881 |
Active | 1881–1990 |
Closed | 1990 |
Owner | |
Company | 1874–1880: 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.