1938 Welsh Tinplate Works
From Graces Guide
1938 A list of companies:
- Abertillery Works
- Ashburnham Tinplate Co
- Avondale Tinplate Co
- Baglan Bay Tinplate Co
- Baldwins
- Beaufort Works
- Briton Ferry Steel Co
- Clayton Tin Plate Co
- Copper Miners Tinplate Co
- Dafen Tinplate and Galvanising Co
- D. R. David and Son
- Dulais Tinplate Co
- Fairwood Tinplate Co
- Glynhir Tinplate Co
- Grovesend Steel and Tinplate Co
- Gyrnos Tinplate Co (1921)
- Kidwelly Tinplate Co
- Morlais Tin Plate Co
- Old Castle Iron and Tinplate Co
- Old Lodge Tinplate Co
- Park Tinplate Co
- Partridge, Jones and John Paton
- Pemberton Tinplate Co
- John Player and Sons
- Redbrook Tinplate Co
- St. Davids Tinplate Co
- Teilo Tinplate Co
- Richard Thomas and Co
- Upper Forest and Worcester Steel and Tinplate Works
- Webb, Shakespeare and Williams
- Western Tinplate Works
- Yniscedwyn Tinplate Co
- Ystalyfera Tinplate Co
Up to about 1890, the manufacture of tinplate was regarded as a Welsh speciality[1] [2]
Developments in the industry were more or less continuous up to about 1880, including:
- 1728 Introduction of rolling in place of hammering
- 1745 Introduction of grease pot for preparation of the surfaces
- 1760 Acid for cleaning plates
- 1806 Benefitted from development of cheaper sulphuric acid by neighbouring copper works, used for pickling
- 1829 Close annealing
- 1850 Steam used in pickling vats
- 1866 Rolls introduced into the tin pots
- 1879 Labour saving pickling machines
- 1880 replacement of iron by steel as the base metal
- 1890 patent tin pots
- 1892 cleaning machines
- 1900 overhead cranes and electric shears
- 1905 electrically driven rolling mill.
For an overview of the developments in the tinplate industry see The Basic Industries of Great Britain by Aberconway: Chapter IXX
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