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South Wales
South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of Cardiff , as well as Swansea and Newport...
Timeline of Events
1872
3.11.1872
Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
1901
5.24.1901
Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
1906
9.12.1906
The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.