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 167,677 pages of information and 247,074 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.

Gorseinon Tinplate Works

From Graces Guide

Gorseinon Tin Plate Works was owned by the Lewis family of Gorseinon

1881 Production started.

1922 Owned by the new company Grovesend Steel and Tinplate Co

1923 Production stopped

The site was subsequently acquired by Richard Thomas and Co. who, in 1926, moderrnised and rebuilt the site.

1947 The factory became part of the Steel Company of Wales.

1957 The tinplate works closed

1988 The buildings were demolished.


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Sources of Information

  • [1] Coflein - Gorseinon