Site of the former Ivor Iron Works, Dowlais (Year 2000)
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Site of the former Ivor Iron Works, Dowlais (Year 2000)
Image: © Ben Brooksbank (Geograph member) Taken: Unknown
Photographer Ben Brooksbank's Profile: http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/44502 The works closed in 1987 (demolished 1988). This photo was taken someplace on the site close to the Bruce Hotel on Victoria Street. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2220537. The skyline is Merthyr Common, and you can also see a narrow shelter belt lying alongside the A4060 dual carriageway (Merthyr Eastern bypass). Much of the view takes in reclaimed land, as it would have formerly been dominated by an enormous slagheap that was nicknamed "Whitey" by the locals. Certainly when I first saw it, circa 1968, it looked a bit like a snow-covered mountain. The following excellent historical site is a must if you have any interest in the Welsh 'Mountains of the Moon': http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/old_merthyr.htm http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/dowlais.htm http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/iforworks.htm
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Image Location
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51.76394
Longitude
-3.355088