Middle Bank Copper Works and refinery
Lead was first smelted at the Middle Bank Works in the Lower Swansea Valley by the firm of Chauncey Townsend and Company 1555-1764. By 1765 copper was being smelted at the works. Williams Foster and Company and Pascoe Grenfell and Company Limited operated the works from 1893 until 1924.
From the guide to the Lewis, Cecil, 1910-1940, (Swansea University)
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| creatorOf | Lewis, Cecil, 1910-1940 | Swansea University. |
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| associatedWith | British Copper Manufacturers' Limited | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | ICI Limited | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Middle Bank Copper Works | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Williams Foster and Company and Pascoe Grenfell and Company Limited | corporateBody |
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| Swansea (Wales) |
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| Copper industry and trade Wales History 20th century |
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