Perimeter wall of the former Crymlyn Burrows Chemical Works
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Perimeter wall of the former Crymlyn Burrows Chemical Works
Image: © vectorkraft Taken: 5 Dec 2011
The view was taken from the canal path of the Tennant Canal, Port Tennant. Crymlyn Burrows Chemical Works (sometimes referred to Pritchard's Chemical Works) opened in the late 19th Century and was owned and operated by J.D. Pritchard (and partners). Oxalic Acid was one of its products. The works complex featured an internal narrow gauge railway, various peripheral outbuildings and a large sandpit. Goods were moved to and from the works by canal and rail. Workers lived at Pritchard's Cottages next to the complex. The works under his ownership closed in December 1911 (reference: London Gazette, 15 November 1912 p8407). The photograph shows the last remaining outer wall from this plant. An aerial photograph from 1949 shows significant demolition had taken place by this time, although this isn't thought to be as a result of World War II.
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