Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Cyfarthfa iron works, photograph

Photograph "Cyfarthfa Rail Mills and Kilsanws Mountain". The western end of Cyfarthfa Iron Works from the south south east. The blast furnaces can just be seen at the left; beyond them are the iron forges. In the centre are the rolling mills. The works are idle, indicating that this was taken during one of the strikes and periods of closure in the 1870s.

Paper print within a card window mount. Title printed on label and attached bottom left. Label missing from bottom right.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

86.9I/2

Creation/Production

Crawshay, Robert Thompson
Date: 1870s

Acquisition

Purchase, 13/1/1986

Measurements

mount (mm): 389
mount (mm): 467
mount (mm): 285
mount (mm): 343

Techniques

albumen print
photograph

Material

paper
card

Location

In store
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