Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,051 pages of information and 246,705 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Margam Copper Works

From Graces Guide

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]


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Sources of Information

  1. Correspondent to the Hereford Journal, 4 November 1801
  2. [1] Coflein