Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Kidwelly tinplate works, photograph

Worsley, Roger (Photographer)

Photograph captioned 'Cydweli Tinplate Works. Nothing much remains of a pair of rolling mills apart from the uprights and a single roll. The mills rolled the steel into sheets of required thicknesses. There was hot rolling and cold rolling before the sheets were ready for dipping in tin.' Mounted on card. Made for the exhibition RECORDING WALES 3 in 1970/1971.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

87.32I/51

Historical Associations

Association Type: Metal works
Place: Kidwelly Tinplate Works

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 1970-1971

Acquisition

collected officially by NMW staff, 1987

Measurements

mount (mm): 526
mount (mm): 450

Techniques

Black and white (monochrome photograph)
Photograph

Material

Paper
Card
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