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Ynyscedwyn Ironworks

Coordinates: 51°46′06″N 3°45′51″W / 51.7684°N 3.7643°W / 51.7684; -3.7643
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These remains were built in 1872 to house a planned steel mill. Although not completed, the site housed the Ynyscedwyn Tinplate Works

Ynyscedwyn Ironworks is an industrial complex located in Ystradgynlais, near Swansea, Wales. Smelting was first established here in seventeenth century. In the 1820s with the arrival of George Crane production was expanded.[1] Crane was the first ironmaster who successfully tried anthracite to a blast furnace in 1837.[2]

In 1837 Charles Price and Joseph Marryat, London bankers, invested in the Ynyscedwyn Iron Company.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ynyscedwyn Ironworks". Grace's Guide. Grace's Guide. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. ^ Hyde, p. 159.
  3. ^ Strauch, Annette. "Reference code(s): GB 0216 DD YISC". Archives Network Wales. Archives Network Wales. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

Bibliography

  • Hyde, Charles K. (1977), Technological Change and the British iron industry, 1700–1870, Princeton: Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-05246-8

51°46′06″N 3°45′51″W / 51.7684°N 3.7643°W / 51.7684; -3.7643