Penydarren Ironworks

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Coordinates: 51°45′11″N 3°22′10″W / 51.753018°N 3.369520°W / 51.753018; -3.369520
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For Trevithick's Pen-y-darren locomotive, see
Pen-y-Darren (locomotive)
.
Penydarren iron works, 1811
River Ogwen, is a private bridge within the walls of Penrhyn Park
bears the inscription Penydarren Ironworks Glamorganshire

Penydarren Ironworks was the fourth of the great ironworks established at Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales.

Built in 1784 by the brothers

Penydarren House on the opposite bank of the River Taf
, as a home for the family locally.

Because the owners of the

wagons
but was so heavy that it broke many rails. The engine was then used for other purposes as a stationary engine.

The business was financed by William Forman of the

William Thompson of London. William Forman offered the works for sale in 1859, and the Dowlais Iron Company
bought the mineral ground. The works were used intermittently by various others until 1883. Some remains of the works are present.

Notes

  1. ^ Ince, p. 57

References

  • Ince, L.; The South Wales Iron Industry 1750–1885 (1993)

Further reading

  • G. Rattenbury and M.J.T. Lewis. Merthyr Tydfil Tramroads and their Locomotives (Railway & Canal Historical Society, 2004).

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