Figures and photographic plates from Report of the Tribunal appointed to inquire into the disaster at Aberfan
HM Stationery Office 1966
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Figure 1 Ordnance survey map of 1919 showing streams and springs on hillslope above Aberfan before mining Figure 1a Springs are emphasized |
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Figure 2 Geological Map of the area in Figure 1. Figure 2a Color version. Note mudstone layer at top of Rhonda Beds. |
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Figure 3 Geological cross section of the area Figure 3a Color version with spring located. Rhonda mudstone prevents downwards flow; glacial clay makes additional flow barrier. (see enlargement) |
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Figure 4 Topographic map of the tip complex showing positions of drainages Figure 4a |
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Figure 5 Street plan of Aberfan showing extent of flow Figure 5a Clean up at the village school
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Figure 6 Similar slide that occurred at Cilfynydd in 1939 Figure 7 Tailings flow at Ty Mawr in 1961 and 1965 |
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Plate 1 Tips from directly overhead, May 1963 Plate 1a shows locations of headscarps of earlier slides |
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| Plate 2 View of colliery and tips shortly before the disaster |  Q |
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| Plate 3 View of tips, 1964 |  S |
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| Plate 4 & 5 Aerial photograph from the east on the day of the disaster (Oct 21st, 1966) | U  jpeg |
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| Plate 6 View of tips after the disaster showing drainage works |  W jpeg |
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| Plate 7 View of the slope three hours after the disaster. Shows flow-slide with central mud-run. |  Y jpeg |
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Plate 8 Tips from directly overhead -- two days after the disaster Figure 9 Key to plate 8 |
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