Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
Is Bit Pit an accurate representation of work and life in mining communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Member rating: No Rating | Words: 1655 | Submitted: Wed Oct 15 2008
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
Is Bit Pit an accurate representation of work and life in mining communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? The Big Pit was first developed in the mid 19th century to provide coal to the Blaenavon Ironworks, and then later provided steam coal for the domestic and export. Big Pit was originally called Kearley's Pit. It got its nickname, 'Big Pit', from the size of its elliptical shaft, which at 5.5 by 4.6 was the first in the area that was wide enough to wind 2 trams side by side. The numbers of men working in Big Pit grew rapidly, and by 1908 there were 1,122 men employed. This number gradually decreased until by 1970 the workforce numbered as low as 494 men. Steam coal was in high demand in London, and the North Western Railways were regular customers. Steam coal was also exported world wide. In 1945 Bit Pit became...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 149,410 others
