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Aerial photograph of Llanwern Steelworks, Newport, 1994
Aerial photograph of Trostre Steelworks, Llanelli, 1995
Aerial photograph of Port Talbot Steelworks, 1995
Aerial photograph of Port Talbot Steelworks, 1996
Aerial photograph of Port Talbot Steelworks, 1996
  • In 1851, at the Crystal Palace Exhibition, an American specimen of iron paper was exhibited. This iron paper was so thin that light could pass through it and was a testimony to the technical excellence of the manufacturer. Not wishing to be outdone, a number of British companies took up the challenge to do better and attempted to roll even thinner iron sheets. For a time, the Pontardawe steelworks held the record for the thinnest iron sheets having rolled 3,769 sheets to the inch - a record which was subsequently beaten by the Upper Forest Tinplate Works with an astonishing 4,800 sheets to the inch. This record still stands. Source: Paper by Clive Reed.
Aerial photograph of Pontardawe Steelworks, 1953