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1816 A larger works was established at Pontypridd (the site of a nail works previously operated by [[William Crawshay Brown]]), at Ynysangharad, beside the Glamorganshire Canal, close to large reserves of iron and coal. | 1816 A larger works was established at Pontypridd (the site of a nail works previously operated by [[William Crawshay Brown]]), at Ynysangharad, beside the Glamorganshire Canal, close to large reserves of iron and coal. | ||
Also referred to as Patent Iron Cable Works. | |||
His firm went on to supply all the chain to the Royal Navy until 1916, and made the chains for Brunel's [[SS Great Eastern]]. | His firm went on to supply all the chain to the Royal Navy until 1916, and made the chains for Brunel's [[SS Great Eastern]]. | ||
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1812 Captain Samuel Brown established a company (known as Samuel Brown and Co and also Brown, Lenox and Co) with his cousin Samuel Lenox, based initially at Millwall in east London from 1812
1816 A larger works was established at Pontypridd (the site of a nail works previously operated by William Crawshay Brown), at Ynysangharad, beside the Glamorganshire Canal, close to large reserves of iron and coal.
Also referred to as Patent Iron Cable Works.
His firm went on to supply all the chain to the Royal Navy until 1916, and made the chains for Brunel's SS Great Eastern.
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