Brymbo Steelworks
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The Brymbo Steel Works was a former large steelworks in the village of Brymbo near Wrexham, Wales. In operation between 1796 and 1990, it was significant on account of its founder, one of whose origin
Part of the works in April 1962
The steelworks in 1990
Freight train with the steelworks' Melting Shop in the background, 1962
Billet train near Celsa steelworks geograph.org.uk 4476649
Brymbo Hall
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Brymbo Hall, one of Britain's lost houses, was a manor house located near Brymbo outside the town of Wrexham, North Wales. The house, reputed to have been built partly to the designs of Inigo Jones, w
Brymbo Steelworks
…the pioneer industrialist John 'Iron Mad' Wilkinson. Wilkinson, who had owned the nearby Bersham Ironworks jointly with his brother William, purchased Brymbo Hall and its 500-acre estate from the Assheton-Smith family in 1792 for the sum of £14,000, some of which may have been lent by Boulton and Watt. The estate…
Eastern side of the house, taken in 1908
Brombo House, 1794
Portrait of ironmaster John Wilkinson, who purchased the Hall and its estate in 1792