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Machine Shop, Hafod Copper Works

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 08255w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Landore
Unitary authority : Swansea
NGR : SS66139506
Site Type (preferred type first) : MODERN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING

Summary :
The site of a rectangular building to the east of the Hafod Copper Works canal boundary wall, built in the early 20th century and labeled as 'Machine Shop' on a circa. 1928 works plan. The building remains comprise an 18m length of the wall constructed from patent copper brick.

Description :
The site of a rectangular building inserted to the east through the Hafod Copper Works canal boundary wall (PRN 08089w) in the early 20th century and labelled as 'Machine Shop' on a circa. 1928 works plan. The building remains comprise an 18m length of the wall constructed from patent copper brick pierced by five large window openings with course aggregate sills. The wall is lost above lintel level and the building footprint to the east is hidden beneath rubble and overgrown with saplings.

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)

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 00842w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08087w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08089w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08256w

Compiled date : 10-08-2016


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