Industrial Archaeology of Wales
£18.00
Hard cover with dust jacket, 302pp., b/w photographs, drawings, diagrams and maps.
D. Morgan Rees, Keeper of Industry at the National Museum of Wales, has undertaken extensive industrial archaeological fieldwork and recording in all the Welsh counties. His knowledge of Welsh has allowed him to discover much valuable detail form people in the remoter rural areas where the sites of the metal industries are to be found.
This book adds lucid and fascinating perspective to the proper evaluation of the industrial history of Wales.
Part one: The background; Ironmaking; Iron, steel and tinplate; Coalmining; The mining and smelting of metals; Quarrying; Transport; Other industries.
Part two: Gazetteer; Notes and references; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index.
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