Powell Duffryn

The dominant South Wales coal company of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which took over Gethin and turned it from a works colliery raising coking coal to a steam-coal pit.

Also recorded asPowell Duffryn Associated Collieries Ltd (The form the Durham Mining Museum lists as the last owner of Ynysfeio Colliery.)

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Blaenclydach Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf 1930–?
Bwllfa Dare Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf 1935–1977
Cwm Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf 1928–1947
Cwm Cynon Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf 1935–1947
Duffryn Rhondda Colliery Neath Port Talbot 1935–1947
Ferndale Collieries Rhondda Cynon Taf 1935–1947
Gethin Colliery Merthyr Tydfil 1880–1947
Lady Lewis Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf ?–?
Llanharan Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf ?–1947
Llwynhelig Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf 1938–?
Maritime Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf 1930–1947
Penallta Colliery Caerphilly 1905–1947
Tylorstown Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf 1935–1947
Ynysfeio Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf 1927–1945

Record created: 24 August 2026 · Last researched: 24 August 2026

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