Melingriffith Tin Plate Works
The Melingriffith Tin Plate Works were post medieval tin and iron works located on Tŷ-mawr Road, in Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales. Founded sometime before 1750, it was the largest tin-plate works in the world by the end of the 18th century. Subsequent to the closure of tin plate works in 1957, the 200-year-old Melingriffith water pump was named a scheduled monument. It is one of the earliest and most important works of its kind, and may be "the most notable surviving monument of the tinplate industry".
Melingriffith Tin Plate Works (1972)
The Melingriffith water pump is a water wheel driven water pump whose purpose was to pump water from the waste stream of the Melingriffith Works back into the Glamorgan Canal. The water pump is a Scheduled Monument.
The Radyr Weir provided a water supply to the Works.
Melingriffith Water Pump is a water-driven water pump that was built by Watkin George, of Cyfartha, around 1793 to return precious water from the Melingriffith Tin Plate Works to the Glamorganshire Canal. The water pump is a scheduled monument and has been restored twice since it ceased operation in the 1940s. For many years it was believed to be designed by the canal engineer John Rennie.
Melingriffith water pump in 2004