Aberdulais Tinplate Co
of Aberdulais, near Neath, Glamorgan, Wales
c.1830 Tinplate manufacture began at Aberdulais - the site had previously been used for copper smelting, for a corn mill, and then for ironworking, all powered by the Aberdulais Falls.
c.1890 the upper works were abandoned
1937 British Industries Fair Advert for Welsh Tinplate Works. As part of Richard Thomas and Co. (Engineering/Metals/Quarry, Roads and Mining/Transport Section - Stand No. D.328).
1937 British Industries Fair Advert pp. 666 and 667; and p325
1939 The company was wound up[1] at the same place and using the same liquidator as several other Richard Thomas and Co subsidiaries. The lower works were abandoned.
The visible remains, which include a reconstructed water wheel, belong to the tinplate period. Also include an impressive masonry header tank (the 'bastion'), the foundations of the adjoining rolling-mills, various walls and an eighteen metre high chimney.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette 4 April 1939
- [1] Coflein - Aberdulais