Vista of Landore (from Landore Social Club footbridge)
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Vista of Landore (from Landore Social Club footbridge)
Image: © vectorkraft Taken: 8 May 1998
Taken in 1998, this view shows a HST125 service travelling on the Swansea-London mainline. The livery dates back to 1996 when Great Western Trains ran the mainline franchise on this route. In the right hand distance are the remains of the main works office of Morfa Copper Works. Morfa was operated by Williams Foster & Co. from 1835-80. Between 1880 - 93 it was operated by Williams Foster & Co. and between 1893 - 1924 by Williams Foster & Co. Ltd and Pascoe Grenfell & Co. Ltd. Hafod Copper Works was taken over by Morfa in 1924. British Copper Manufacturers owned the combined works until 1928, when they were taken over by ICI, although the refining of copper had ended around 1924. The site was taken over by Yorkshire Imperial Metals, an amalgamation of ICI and Yorkshire Metals in 1957, the two works worked as one until closure in August 1980.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.638605
Longitude
-3.937785