Blaenavon Industrial Landscape

Cultural
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
Photo: Rafaël Delaedt (Arafi) / CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
Country United Kingdom
Year inscribed2000
Criteria(iii) (iv)

Overview

The area around Blaenavon is evidence of the pre-eminence of South Wales as the world's major producer of iron and coal in the 19th century. All the necessary elements can still be seen - coal and ore mines, quarries, a primitive railway system, furnaces, workers' homes, and the social infrastructure of their community.

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Source: UNESCO World Heritage List — CC BY-SA 4.0