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General
Brecknock & Abergavenny and Monmouthshire Canals, Towpath Guide No 2, R Alan Stevens, Goose and Son.
Collieries of South Wales, Vols 1 - 4, John Cornwall, Landmark Publishing.
Cruising along the Mon & Brec Canal, James Eyles, Starling Press.
Industrial Locomotives of Gwent,Geoffrey Hill and Gordon Green, Industrial Railway Society (IRS Gwent).
Small Mines of South Wales, A J Booth, Industrial Railway Society.
South Wales Collieries, Vols 1-5, David Owen, Tempus Publishing.
Tramroads of the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal, Gordon Rattenbury, Railway and Canal Historical Society (Rattenbury).
Early Limestone Railways, John van Laun, The Newcomen Society. (ELR)
The Brecon Forest Tramroads, Stephen Hughes, Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales.
The Miners and Coal Levels of Gwent, Colin Spencer, The History Press.
The Collieries and Coalfields of South Wales, Ray Lawrence. (RL)
- This is an excellent and hugely detailed series of privately published books covering the whole of the South Wales coalfields.
www.welshcoalmines.co.uk - information on most Welsh coalmines. (wcm)
www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap - current online Ordnance Survey maps.
www.old-maps.co.uk - historical online Ordnance Survey maps. (OS)
www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk - various aspects of mining.
www.aditnow.co.uk - mines, levels and adits of the UK.
www.mindat.org.uk - A minerals database with details of many quarries.
Coalmining History Resource Centre - particularly good for lists of mines and their casualties.
www.penmorfa.com/bricks - Welsh brickworks and their products.
www.copsewood.org/aropeway - Aerial Ropeways in the UK.
www.coflein.gov.uk - The search facility of The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
Eastern Valleys
Cwmbran Vols 1 and 2, Dr Gareth John & Graham Lawrence, Old Bakehouse Publications.
Eastern Valley, Chris Barber, Blorenge Books. (EV)
Exploring Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, Chris Barber, Blorenge Books.
In Those Days (Cwmbran), John McKenna & Frank King, Community Projects Centre.
Monmouthshire Eastern Valleys, Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Middleton Press.
Pontypool to Mountain Ash, Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Middleton Press.
The surviving engines of Glyn Pits in Pontypool, Gwyn Tilley, Landmark Publishing.
www.cwmbran.info - masses of general info on Cwmbran and good local history sections
www.blaenbran.org.uk - The Upper Cwmbran area
www.pontypool-and-blaenavon.co.uk The Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway site
www.pontypool.bravepages.com - A general site for Pontypool but doesn't seem to work too well
www.pontypoolglynpits.co.uk - The Glyn Pits but seems to be offline in 2012
www.blaenserchan.co.uk - info and photos of Blaenserchan Colliery
Abersychan and Garndiffaith Local History Group -
just what it says really.....
www.dchopkins.co.uk - photos of industrial sites in Monmouthshire
www.pontypoolparkfriends.org - Notes on the tramway through Pontypool Park
Western Valleys
Industrial Archaeology in Blaenau Gwent, Dr John van Laun, Blaenau Gwent Borough Council.
Pontypool to Mountain Ash, Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, Middleton Press.
Western Valley Walks and more, Ralph Collins, Old Bakehouse Publications.
The Cwmcarn Dam Disaster, Tony Jukes, Danygraig Books.
www.riscamuseum.org.uk - Risca Industrial History Museum and the Oxford House Industrial History Society
www.crosskeys.me.uk - lots of info on Ebbw Vale
www.bioeddie.co.uk/ebbw-vale/index.php - lots of info on Ebbw Vale
www.crumlinviaduct.co.uk - The story of Crumlin Viaduct
Sirhowy Valley
A historical tour around Mynyddislwyn Mountain, Len Burland, Old Bakehouse Publications.
Industrial Archaeology in Blaenau Gwent, Dr John van Laun, Blaenau Gwent Borough Council.
Sirhowy Valley Line, Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Middleton Press.
Railways in the Sirhowy Valley, W W Tasker, Oakwood Press
www.sirhowy.com - A general site for the Sirhowy Valley with some local history
Rhymney Valley
A History of Caerphilly, H P Richards, D Brown and Sons.
A History of Rudry, John Guy, Starling Press.
The Rhymney Railway, Vols 1 and 2, John Hutton, Silver Link Publishing
Rhymney and new Tredegar Lines, Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Middleton Press.
www.bedwascolliery.co.uk - A very comprehensive website on Bedwas Colliery
Machen Remembered - A good collection of photos of old Machen
Newport and Rural Monmouthshire
Stone & Steam in the Black Mountains, David Tipper, Blorenge Books.
www.newportpast.com - Newport's history in all it's glory.
Periodicals
Archive, quarterly magazine, Black Dwarf Lightmoor Press.
Industrial Railway Record, quarterly magazine, Industrial Railway Society.
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