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Aberdulais Mill, Aberdulais

A water-powered copper works and corn mill and electricity generating mill and fulling mill and tinplate works in the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales.

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The current overshot waterwheel is the largest hydro-electric wheel in Europe. The site, owned by the National Trust, has had many uses over its long life. It has previously been a copper works, a fulling mill, and a corn mill, before finally ending as a tin works. The entire site is designated Scheduled Monument.

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Power source Water
Mill type Watermill
River Dulais
Mill function Copper works, Corn mill, Electricity generating mill, Fulling mill, Tinplate works
Archive ID 12364
Location Aberdulais
Historic county Glamorgan
Country Wales, United Kingdom
NGR SS 77170 99512
Latitude/longitude 51.68069300, -3.77794400

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Colin Smith, September 2016

 

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