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1839 'PONTYPOOL IRON TRADE.- On Tuesday, the 14th inst., was started for the first time, the new forge erected at Pontnewynedd (near this town), by the Pentwyn and Golynos Iron Company. The powerful engine with all its complication of machinery, trains of rolls and hammers, were set in motion in the presence of a large assemblage of spectators, who cheered heartily as the first bar was rolled out; and "went off" in a manner that reflected the highest credit on the engine manufacturers who erected it (Messrs. [[Otway, Wennington and Co|Otway and Winnington]], of Staffordshire) and much to the satisfaction and pleasure of those proprietors who were present on the occasion. This large work being so near to the town, promises great advantages to the tradesmen of Pontypool.'<ref>Monmouthshire Merlin - Saturday 18 May 1839</ref> | 1839 'PONTYPOOL IRON TRADE.- On Tuesday, the 14th inst., was started for the first time, the new forge erected at Pontnewynedd (near this town), by the Pentwyn and Golynos Iron Company. The powerful engine with all its complication of machinery, trains of rolls and hammers, were set in motion in the presence of a large assemblage of spectators, who cheered heartily as the first bar was rolled out; and "went off" in a manner that reflected the highest credit on the engine manufacturers who erected it (Messrs. [[Otway, Wennington and Co|Otway and Winnington]], of Staffordshire) and much to the satisfaction and pleasure of those proprietors who were present on the occasion. This large work being so near to the town, promises great advantages to the tradesmen of Pontypool.'<ref>Monmouthshire Merlin - Saturday 18 May 1839</ref> | ||
1839 'MINING. THE IRON TRADE, [From the Mining Journal.] The following paper, on the state and prospects of the iron trade in Scotland and South Wales, in May, 1839, was read before the Liverpool Polytechnic Society, on the 13th June, by Joseph Johnson, Esq., iron merchant, Liverpool; Henry Booth, Esq., President, in the chair. ..... A lttle further up the valley the valley we reach the works of the Pentwyn and Golynos Iron Co., where you will find five furnaces, all in blast, and one | 1839 'MINING. THE IRON TRADE, [From the Mining Journal.] The following paper, on the state and prospects of the iron trade in Scotland and South Wales, in May, 1839, was read before the Liverpool Polytechnic Society, on the 13th June, by Joseph Johnson, Esq., iron merchant, Liverpool; Henry Booth, Esq., President, in the chair. ..... A lttle further up the valley the valley we reach the works of the Pentwyn and Golynos Iron Co., where you will find five furnaces, all in blast, and one about to be erected: three are blown with hot air, two with cold. The produce of the five furnaces is about 450 tons per week. They have just completed first-rate forges and rolling mills, calculated to make 350 tons of bar and other malleable iron per week. About a mile above these works, you find those of the [[British Iron Co]]., at Abersychan. .....'<ref>Monmouthshire Merlin - Saturday 13 July 1839</ref> | ||
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1839 'PONTYPOOL IRON TRADE.- On Tuesday, the 14th inst., was started for the first time, the new forge erected at Pontnewynedd (near this town), by the Pentwyn and Golynos Iron Company. The powerful engine with all its complication of machinery, trains of rolls and hammers, were set in motion in the presence of a large assemblage of spectators, who cheered heartily as the first bar was rolled out; and "went off" in a manner that reflected the highest credit on the engine manufacturers who erected it (Messrs. Otway and Winnington, of Staffordshire) and much to the satisfaction and pleasure of those proprietors who were present on the occasion. This large work being so near to the town, promises great advantages to the tradesmen of Pontypool.'[1]
1839 'MINING. THE IRON TRADE, [From the Mining Journal.] The following paper, on the state and prospects of the iron trade in Scotland and South Wales, in May, 1839, was read before the Liverpool Polytechnic Society, on the 13th June, by Joseph Johnson, Esq., iron merchant, Liverpool; Henry Booth, Esq., President, in the chair. ..... A lttle further up the valley the valley we reach the works of the Pentwyn and Golynos Iron Co., where you will find five furnaces, all in blast, and one about to be erected: three are blown with hot air, two with cold. The produce of the five furnaces is about 450 tons per week. They have just completed first-rate forges and rolling mills, calculated to make 350 tons of bar and other malleable iron per week. About a mile above these works, you find those of the British Iron Co., at Abersychan. .....'[2]