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'A Factory nigh Aberystwith', probably by the Aberystwyth naive painter known as 'A Welsh Primitif', c. 1840
  • This water wheel is not original to the site, but was brought from _. One very much like it would originally have run the mill machinery. The wool industry was historically of vital importance across Wales, and indeed was the industrial mainstay of the country for many years. Once the centre of thriving industry in this area, this mill manufactured woollen cloth, blankets and items of clothing that were sold across the world.
Water Wheel, Cambrian Mills, Dre-fach Felindre, 1800s
  • Originally built in the early 19th century, and rebuilt following a devastating fire in the 1920s, this building housed the spinning machine and several of the looms. The spinning machine runs the whole length of this building, and would originally have been one of two, occupying the whole of the first floor. The wool industry was historically of vital importance across Wales, and indeed was the industrial mainstay of the country for many years. Once the centre of thriving industry in this area, this mill manufactured woollen cloth, blankets and items of clothing that were sold across the world.
Cambrian Mills South, Dre-fach Felindre, 1920s
  • Rebuilt following a devastating fire in the 1920s, this building housed the spinning machines, running the whole length of this building, and occupying the whole of the first floor. This image shows the lifting gear at the front of the building, used to lift wool for spinning up to the first floor, and the water wheel, which would originally have driven the mill machinery. The wool industry was historically of vital importance across Wales, and indeed was the industrial mainstay of the country for many years. Once the centre of thriving industry in this area, this mill manufactured woollen cloth, blankets and items of clothing that were sold across the world.
Cambrian Mills South, Dre-fach Felindre, 1920s
  • Rebuilt following a devastating fire in the 1920s, this building housed the spinning machines, running the whole length of this building, and occupying the whole of the first floor. The wool industry was historically of vital importance across Wales, and indeed was the industrial mainstay of the country for many years. Once the centre of thriving industry in this area, this mill manufactured woollen cloth, blankets and items of clothing that were sold across the world.
Cambrian Mills South, Dre-fach Felindre, 1920s
Cambrian Mills South