Craig Abercwmboi Water Outburst, Report and associated plans/drawings (L7)

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Copy of a report compiled by the National Coal Board, South Western Division, Area No.4 (Aberdare), Dec 1960. The item is annotated. Original file initialled NF [Norman Francis, counsel for the National Coal Board].

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Previous reference number: DNCB/Box 34 (RO/11/9)

Archive Record|Table of contents

National Coal Board, RecordsDNCB

Estates DepartmentDNCB/1

Finance DepartmentDNCB/2

Industrial RelationsDNCB/3

Legal DepartmentDNCB/4

Aberfan TribunalDNCB/4/1

Public Inquiry Into the Aberfan Disaster, Notes Taken by Treasury ReportersDNCB/4/1/1

Public Inquiry Into the Aberfan Disaster, Notes Taken by Treasury Reporters (John Roch's copies)DNCB/4/1/2

Public Inquiry Into the Aberfan Disaster, Notes Taken by Treasury Reporters (Norman Francis' copies)DNCB/4/1/3

Tribunal summary bundlesDNCB/4/1/4

'A' Series, Extracts from National Coal Board filesDNCB/4/1/5

'B' SeriesDNCB/4/1/6

'E' Series, Meterological ReportsDNCB/4/1/7

'K' Series, Experts ReportsDNCB/4/1/8

'L' Series, Miscellaneous DocumentsDNCB/4/1/9

Mines and Quarries Act 1954, Section 1 Instructions, Area Chief Engineers (L1)DNCB/4/1/9/1

Aberfan Tip Disaster, History of Tipping at Mynydd Merthyr from Merthyr Vale Colliery (Pocock Report) (L2)DNCB/4/1/9/2

Organisation charts for the National Coal Board (L3)DNCB/4/1/9/3

Extract from the Merthyr Express, 11 Jan 1964 – ‘Councillors object to aerial ropeway plan’ (L4)DNCB/4/1/9/4

National Coal Board, Report of the Advisory Committee on Organisation (L5)DNCB/4/1/9/5

Merthyr Vale Colliery, Notes on the History of Coal preparation (L6)DNCB/4/1/9/6

Craig Abercwmboi Water Outburst, Report and associated plans/drawings (L7)DNCB/4/1/9/7

Extract from 'Ground Movement and Control at Collieries', by John Sinclair (L8)DNCB/4/1/9/8

Ministry of Fuel and Power, South Wales Coalfield (including Pembrokeshire) Regional Survey Report (L9)DNCB/4/1/9/9

Extract from the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Coal Mining, Report of the Technical Advisory committee (L10)DNCB/4/1/9/10

National Coal Board Memoranda concerning Disposal of Colliery Rubbish (L11)DNCB/4/1/9/11

Copy of Mechanical Engineer’s Certificate issued to Richard Vivian Thomas (L12)DNCB/4/1/9/12

Copies of appendices from an unspecified publication concerning procedures within the mine such as notices, reporting procedures, matters to refer to H M Inspector of Mines, statutory forms (L14)DNCB/4/1/9/13

Report on Rubbish Tip Slide, Cilfynydd Common, on 5 Dec 1939 (L15)DNCB/4/1/9/14

Manpower Saving Schemes, Merthyr Vale, Engineers Department (L16)DNCB/4/1/9/15

Extracts from Mr Church’s diary (L17)DNCB/4/1/9/16

Letter from P L Stiles to the Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries (L18)DNCB/4/1/9/17

Report on investigation of the stability of a proposed colliery tip at Cefn-Yr-Hafod, Glamorgan (L19)DNCB/4/1/9/18

'Bradley’s notes' on the Sub-Committee Aerial Ropeway, Merthyr Vale (L20)DNCB/4/1/9/19

National Coal Board General Directive (L21)DNCB/4/1/9/20

Memorandum on procedure for investigating and establishing stability of colliery refuse tips (L22)DNCB/4/1/9/21

List of civil engineers at division and areas (L23)DNCB/4/1/9/22

Information in response to question raised by Lord Justice Edmund Davies at the Aberfan Tribunal on 21 Feb 1967, working papers (L24/L25)DNCB/4/1/9/23

National Coal Board Production Department, Minutes of the 164th Conference of Production Directors (L26)DNCB/4/1/9/24

Procedure for technical and operational control over spoil tips in the East and West Wales areas (L27)DNCB/4/1/9/25

National Coal Board, Organisation charts (L28)DNCB/4/1/9/26

Miscellaneous papers concerning accidents, employees, manpower, inspections (L33)DNCB/4/1/9/27

County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Index of Holders of various offices (L34)DNCB/4/1/9/28

Staff in Engineering and Town Planning sections (L35)DNCB/4/1/9/29

Letter from the Welsh office to the Town Clerk, Merthyr Tydfil concerning the tipping of waste material (L36)DNCB/4/1/9/30

Colliery Spoilheaps/Dirt Disposal, Various Papers (L37)DNCB/4/1/9/31

Extract from the Express, 7 Nov 1931 concerning flooding in Pantglas Road (L38)DNCB/4/1/9/32

List giving the history of all references to the instability of the tip (L40)DNCB/4/1/9/33

Accounts rendered on the National Coal Board concerning the cleaning of Pantglas Brook and other jobs (L42)DNCB/4/1/9/34

Transcript of a radio interview between Vincent Kane and Larry Ryan (L44)DNCB/4/1/9/35

Summary of Aqueducts foreman’s reports 1936 to 1960 (L47)DNCB/4/1/9/36

Papers concerning the future of mines (L48)DNCB/4/1/9/37

Individual Colliery Results (L49)DNCB/4/1/9/38

Future of Collieries within the National Coal Board, South Western DivisionDNCB/4/1/9/39

Transcript of Interview with Lord Robens (L53)DNCB/4/1/9/40

Document headed ‘Section 28, Discontinuance orders’ (L54)DNCB/4/1/9/41

Copy of a document headed 'Article 4 Directions approved' (L55)DNCB/4/1/9/42

Copy of extract from The Sunday Times concerning the Aberfan TribunalDNCB/4/1/9/43

'Chapter' SeriesDNCB/4/1/10

'D' Series, PhotographsDNCB/4/1/11

Newspaper Cuttings and Press ReleasesDNCB/4/1/12

Borehole Logs and Hydrology ReportsDNCB/4/1/13

Log BooksDNCB/4/1/14

Items not placed before the Tribunal (Series described as 'X' documents)DNCB/4/1/15

Aberfan Disaster FundDNCB/4/1/16

Summaries of National Coal Board Records relevant to the Aberfan InquiryDNCB/4/1/17

Miscellaneous tribunal filesDNCB/4/1/18

Colliery Tips and Tip ControlDNCB/4/1/19

Report of the Tribunal Appointed to Inquire into the Disaster at Aberfan on 21 Oct 1966DNCB/4/1/20

PlansDNCB/4/1/21

Pneumoconiosis ClaimsDNCB/4/2

Sale of CollieriesDNCB/4/3

Industrial RelationsDNCB/4/4

Documents relating to Briquetting Plant, Port TalbotDNCB/4/5

Public Relations DepartmentDNCB/5

Mining DepartmentDNCB/6

Scientific DepartmentDNCB/7

Individual CollieriesDNCB/8

Opencast ExecutiveDNCB/9

Statistics DepartmentDNCB/10

Secretary's DepartmentDNCB/11

Area DirectorDNCB/12

Staff DepartmentDNCB/13

Photographic CollectionDNCB/14

Pre-Vesting Date Coal Mining and Related Industrial RecordsDNCB/15