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Glanrhyd Tinplate Works

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 02655w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Cilybebyll
Unitary authority : Neath Port Talbot
NGR : SN73020431
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL Plating works

Summary :
Opened in 1879 and still in operation in 1949. By 1963 buildings were demolished leaving a few pieces upstanding, with fallen masonry and rubbish dumps.

Description :
Opened in 1879 and still in operation in 1949. By 1963 buildings were demolished leaving a few pieces upstanding, with fallen masonry and rubbish dumps. Some railway sidings still can be traced and a masonry tunnel system survives which still carries a stream under the sidings.

Sources :
Geake H , 1990 , A4067 Swansea Valley Route Stage Three Pontardawe to Ynysmeudwy An archaeological Assessment. ( © GGAT)
Smith E.G. , 1930 , The early days of the tinplate industry, with particular reference to the Neath District. , Neath Antiquarian Socity Transactions : 1930 : 55-60
02/PM Mention/Brooke EH/1944/Chronology of Tinplate Works in Great Britain/p62
01/PH Map/RISW no429/1884

Events :
E001075 : A4067 SWANSEA VALLEY ROUTE PONTARDAWE TO YNYSMEUDWY (year : 1990)

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Compiled date : 30-07-1991


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