What is recorded here
A coal train is loading at Tower Mine is a castle, fort or tower in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Perhaps the tower watched the valley while the train swallowed the mountain's black heart. Maybe men climbed its stairs after shifting coal until their knees ached like the rails. Imagine the tower still standing when the mine closed, keeping the valley's shape in stone while the earth went empty.
A named place photographed at this map point in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
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Photo: roger geach · CC BY-SA 2.0