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Cyfarthfa Works (photograph)
Cyfarthfa Iron Works seen from Cyfarthfa Castle, early 1870s. The blast furnaces and forges are on the right and the rolling mills on the left. In the right foreground are thatched haystacks to feed the hundreds of horses employed in the works and collieries.
Print on card mount. On reverse is printed coat of arms showing a dog with motto 'PERSEVERANCE' below and beneath this is signature Robert Crawshay.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
86.9I/8
Creation/Production
Crawshay, Robert Thompson
Date: 1870s
Acquisition
Purchase, 13/1/1986
Measurements
mount
(mm): 229
mount
(mm): 291
mount
(mm): 188
mount
(mm): 244
Techniques
albumen print
photograph
Material
card
Location
In store
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