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Morfa Copper Works canal basin

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 08238w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Landore
Unitary authority : Swansea
NGR : SS66099515
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL CANAL BASIN

Summary :
The site of a canal basin, between the Swansea Canal and Morfa Copper Works constructed to serve the smelting hall rolling mill. The basin had been infilled by 1943 and the area redeveloped.

Description :
The site of a canal basin, between the Swansea Canal to the west and Morfa Copper Works to the east, constructed circa. 1835 to serve the smelting hall rolling mill. The basin is shown on all historic maps between 1854 and 1919.

The basin had been infilled by 1943 and the works weighbridge and office built over it (PRN 08239w).

Fuller details may be found in the report: The Yorkshire Imperial Metals Site: A Site Appraisal (N Ludlow, 2002).

Sources :
Ludlow, N , 2002 , The Yorkshire Imperial Metals Site: A Site Appraisal ( © Dyfed Archaeological Trust)

Events :
E004887 : The Yorkshire Imperial Metals site, Swansea (year : 2002)
E007585 : Hafod-Morfa Copperworks, Neath Road, Swansea (year : 2018)
E008159 : Powerhouse, Hafod-Morfa Copperworks, Swansea (year : 2019)

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Compiled date : 01-06-2016


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