This is the user sandbox of PotentPotables. A user sandbox is a subpage of the user's user page. It serves as a testing spot and page development space for the user and is not an encyclopedia article. Create or edit your own sandbox here.Other sandboxes: Main sandbox | Template sandbox Finished writing a draft article? Are you ready to request review of it by an experienced editor for possible inclusion in Wikipedia? Submit your draft for review!
Dowlais Ironworks
Painting of Dowlais Ironworks by George Childs (1840)
Location
LocationDowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Production
ProductsIron
History
Opened1759 (1759)

The Dowlais Ironworks was an ironworks located at Dowlais near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales.

History

Dowlais was founded in 1759.[1]: 22 

The truck shop opened at Dowlais in 1800, but it was less profitable than the shops at its rival ironworks.[2]: 524 

In 1930, Dowlais finally closed causing around 4,000 to lose their jobs.[3]

References

  1. ^ Thomas, Erin Ann (2012). "A Welsh Coal Miner". Coal in our Veins. University Press of Colorado. ISBN 978-0-87421-863-3. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ Pollard, Sidney (1964). "The Factory Village in the Industrial Revolution". The English Historical Review. 79 (312). Oxford University Press. ISSN 0013-8266. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Closed Works". The Times. 7 January 1935. p. 18. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
More