When did Blaenavon Ironworks close?

Production at the North Street ironworks ceased completely during the early 1900s and the site became used as a maintenance yard for the Blaenavon Company’s collieries and steelworks. The site was earmarked for demolition in 1970 but fortunately the site was taken into state care in 1974 and was saved for the nation.

Who owned Blaenavon Ironworks?

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How has Blaenavon changed?

For over a century, the natural landscape of Blaenavon was changed and scarred by ironmaking, coal extraction, settlement and related activities as the entire area of the Historic Landscape and the World Heritage Sites was turned to the demands of a single new industrial enterprise and the radical transformation of …

What did the Ironworks do?

It built bridges, ships and railway lines. In short it made the modern world. In 1789 Blaenavon Ironworks first harnessed the power of steam to blow air into its huge blast furnaces.

When did the Blaenavon Ironworks go out of business?

This was short lived as it meant Germany and North America were now able to utilise their own phosphoric ores which accelerated the decline of Blaenavon Ironworks. In 1880 the Blaenavon Company opened Big Pit and moved away from iron production. In 1904 the ironworks finally ceased production, restarting briefly in 1924 but was unsustainable.

Is the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape a World Heritage Site?

Many thriving community groups serve and improve the town, including Future Blaenavon, which has helped to create a community garden at the bottom of the town. Parts of the town and surrounding country form the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.

When was the last train from Blaenavon to Newport?

Blaenavon lost both of its passenger railway stations — Blaenavon High Level station closed in 1941, and the last train from Blaenavon (Low Level) (to Newport via Pontypool Crane Street) ran in April 1962. Contrary to an oral tradition, the lower line had already been closed for more than a year before the Beeching Axe took place.

Who are the owners of the ironworks in Wales?

The site is under the care of Cadw, the Welsh government’s historic environment service. The land on which the Ironworks resides was at one time the property of Lord Abergavenny and was leased in 1787 by three Midlands businessmen, Thomas Hill, his brother-in-law Thomas Hopkins and Benjamin Pratt.