Cyfarthfa iron works, photograph

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Cyfarthfa iron works, photograph
Cyfarthfa iron works, photograph
Cyfarthfa iron works, photograph
Credit
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Image ID
69614
Accession number
86.9I/3
Title
Value
 
Cyfarthfa iron works, photograph
photograph (print)
accessioned photograph
Identification
Identifier
Type
 
 
Creator
Name
Role
 
 
Crawshay, Robert Thompson
 
Material
Value
 
vegetal remains
paper
card
Technique
Value
 
albumen print
photograph
Category
Value
 
iron & steel
metal smelting
Usage
Value
 
Creation date
01/01/1870
to
31/12/1879
Period
Period
 
1870s
Additional information
The eastern end of Cyfarthfa Iron Works from the south south east. At the left are the rolling mills, the works office is on the right. On the hillside beyond is Cyfarthfa Castle, the mansion of the Crawshay family which owned the works. The works are idle, indicating that this was taken during one of the strikes and periods of closure in the 1870s.
Keywords
Value
 
Mid Glamorgan
1870s
South Wales
Wales
19th century, late
19th century
Monochrome or colour
Monochrome
Place
Value
Tag
 
 
Cyfarthfa iron works
 
Merthyr Tydfil
 
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4,599 px
Full size height
3,709 px

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