Universal Colliery was a coal mine located in the town of Senghenydd in the Aber Valley, roughly four miles north-west of the town of Caerphilly. It is within the county borough of Caerphilly, traditionally within the county of Glamorgan, Wales.
Opened in 1891, it became a ventilation facility for the Windsor Colliery before complete closure in 1988.
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