Margam Copper Works
Margam Copper Works began operation in 1777-80, under the English Copper Co.
1802 'As I parted Margam, I took a view of the stupendous engine which is now erecting there to roll copper. Two vast wheels of cast iron, each twenty-four feet diameter, are set in motion by a steam engine; one of the wheels, which they called a fly wheel, makes thirty revolutions in a minute, and regulates the movement of the whole machine.'[1]. At Margam Copper Works?
1838 Vivian and Sons acquired the Margam Copper Works from the English Copper Co.
1898 ceased production
by 1917 the works were largely demolished
c.1926 Margam Iron and Steel Works were built on the site of Margam Copper works[2]