Ruins of the former British Ironworks offices and foundry, Abersychan
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Ruins of the former British Ironworks offices and foundry, Abersychan
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 16 Apr 2011
These ruins occupy a quadrangle roughly 40 metres by 40 metres. The ironworks, on land to the west of Abersychan, were established in 1826, originally named Abersychan Ironworks. The newly-formed British Iron Company took over the works in 1829. The upsurge in demand for steel from about 1870 caused a decline in the demand for iron, so much so that the ironworks closed down in 1876. Various fragments of the works remain. As well as these buildings, there are the remains of a former pumping engine house http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3409387 about 100 metres away.
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