Cyfarthfa Ironworks

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Cyfarthfa Ironworks was one of the most important 19th-century ironworks in Wales, central to Merthyr Tydfil’s rise as a major industrial center during the Industrial Revolution.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial heritage site
ironworks
associatedWith Crawshay dynasty
Merthyr Tydfil iron industry
country Wales
declinePeriod late 19th century
employs large industrial workforce
foundedBy Anthony Bacon
Richard Crawshay
hasPart blast furnaces
foundries
rolling mills
tramroads
workers’ housing
heritageDesignation industrial archaeology site
scheduled monument
historicalRole central to Merthyr Tydfil’s rise as an industrial center
major ironworks of the Industrial Revolution in Wales
one of the largest ironworks in the world in the early 19th century
inception around 1765
late 18th century
industry iron production
influenced urban growth of Merthyr Tydfil
languageOfPlaceName Welsh
locatedIn Merthyr Tydfil
South Wales
Taff Valley
United Kingdom
locatedOn River Taff
nearby Cyfarthfa Castle
notableFor contribution to global iron trade
role in British armaments production
scale of 19th-century iron production
ownedBy Crawshay family
partOf Cyfarthfa Ironworks
surface form: "Merthyr Tydfil ironworks complex"

South Wales iron industry
peakPeriod Napoleonic Wars
early 19th century
product armaments
cannon
pig iron
rails
wrought iron
significantPeriod Industrial Revolution
status disused industrial site
tourism visited for industrial heritage
transportLink Glamorganshire Canal
early railways in South Wales

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Pont-y-Cafnau builtFor Cyfarthfa Ironworks
Cyfarthfa Castle connectedTo Cyfarthfa Ironworks
Merthyr Tydfil hasLandmark Cyfarthfa Ironworks
Pont-y-Cafnau locatedNear Cyfarthfa Ironworks
Cyfarthfa Ironworks partOf Cyfarthfa Ironworks
this entity surface form: "Merthyr Tydfil ironworks complex"

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