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19th century workers' housing beside Ebbw Vale steelworks, demolished late 1950s
19th century workers' housing beside Ebbw Vale steelworks, demolished late 1950s
  • Lethbridge Terrace, built in the 1830s, lay within the grounds of the Ebbw Vale steelworks. The occupants therefore suffered from the high levels of pollution that came with such close proximity.
19th century workers' housing beside Ebbw Vale steelworks, demolished late 1950s
Early 19th century housing for the Varteg iron works, Forge Row, Cwmavon, near Blaenavon
Aerial photograph of Oakdale Housing Estate, 1992
  • The houses in this picture were built as part of a wider worker housing development in the 1820s. They were arranged in a triangle of streets around a central courtyard area.
The Triangle, Pentrebach, built c. 1820s, demolished 1973