Welcome

Gathering the Jewels features over 30,000 images of objects, books, letters, aerial photographs and other items from museums, archives and libraries throughout Wales.

Search the map

Thumbnail image of Wales,

New to Gathering the Jewels is G.I.S. A geographical search facility that will enable searching by location and place name.

Topics

Home » Industry » Metal mining and manufacturing » Cyfarthfa iron and steelworks

Displaying results 1 to 6 out of 18

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Next >

  • William Pamplin, Richard Crawshay's gardener, sketched two views of Cyfarthfa House (centre of image) and the surrounding iron works. In the foreground of this sketch is the Glamorganshire Canal, one of Richard's projects, which transported iron to Cardiff.
'Cyfarthfa House and Works' by William Pamplin, 1791-1800
  • In the centre of this painting is a 100 ton waterwheel constructed by Richard Crawshay to power four furnaces. This project typifies his use of the latest technology to make Cyfarthfa a world leader in the production of iron. In the background, you can see coal being burnt to produce sulphur-free coke. This pure fuel was then used in the furnaces.
'Cyfarthfa Works and Waterwheel' by William Pamplin, 1791-1800
'Cyfarthfa Ironworks Interior at Night', by Penry Williams, 1825
Extracts from 'A visit to the iron works and environs of Merthyr Tydfil in 1852' , frontispiece [image 1 of 9]
  • In the extracts presented here the author describes the origins of the iron working industry around Merthyr Tydfil.
Extracts from 'A guide to Merthyr Tydfil', by T. E. Clarke, 1848 (reprinted 1894) [image 1 of 9]
Cyfarthfa Works blast furnace plant after conversion for steel production, c. 1890