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THE HISTORY OF THE IRON, STEEL, TINPLATE, AND OTHER TRADES OF WALES

Written by Charles Wilkins
Published by Joseph Williams Limited in 1903

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THE HISTORY OF THE IRON, STEEL, TINPLATE, AND OTHER TRADES OF WALES
Written by Charles Wilkins.
Stock no. 686630
1st. 1903. Hardback. Good condition.

Grey cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Contents in general very good but front joint cracked and covers badly stained with browned spine.

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Cover of THE HISTORY OF THE IRON, STEEL, TINPLATE, AND OTHER TRADES OF WALES by Charles Wilkins

Contents

  • I. History of the Iron, Steel and Tinplate Trades
  • II. Aberdare in Old Days
  • III. The Beginning of Dowlais. The Acorn is put into the Ground!. Entry upon the Scene of Lewis of teh ?Van and the First Guest.
  • IV. The First Guest in his Exile at Dowlais. Reminiscences of his Early Days in Wales.
  • V. Anthony Bacon and the Beginning of Cyfarthfa. The First Furnace. John Wesley at Merthyr.
  • VI. The Homfrays of Penydarren. The Voyage to Cardiff.
  • VII. The Crawshay Family. A Race of Iron Kings. The First Entry into Wales. Origin and Career of Richard Crawshay
  • VIII. Favourite Poem of Richard Crawshay. The Baileys, Sir |Joseph and Crawshay Bailey. The Shoeless Lad Becomes Baronet
  • IX. William Crawshay, The Iron King.
  • X. The Riots at Merthyr Tydfil in 1831.
  • XI. Sir John Josiah Guest, M.P., The Iron King. Elections of 1835 and 1895 Contrasted.
  • XII. Sir John Josiah Guest, Bart. The Tale of a Great Life and its End.
  • XIII. The Homfrays, Formans, and Alderman Thompson, of Penydarren. Notable Adventures: The Charge of the "Bwch Gafr O Gethin." The Iron Horse.
  • XIV. Sir John J. Guest. Anecdotes of his Career and of the First Organised Strike of 1810. Lady Charlotte and the "Mabinogion"
  • XV. Penydarren Works. Trevethick and his Locomotive. Great Wager Between Homfray and Richard Crawshay. Social Times at Cardiff in 1800.
  • XVI. The Eminent Men of Penydarren. Career of the Formans, Homfrays, and Alderman Thompson.
  • XVII. The Plymouth Ironworks and the Hill Family. The Lewis Family.
  • XVIII. Plymouth Works. Closing Years of Anthony Hill's Life. Notices of Old Plymouth Men.
  • XIX. Abernant Works. The Tappingtons, Homfrays, and Birch. The Fothergills.
  • XX. Mr Richard Fothergill as M.P. for Merthyr Tydfil.
  • XXI. Tredegar.
  • XXII. The Rhymney Works.
  • XXIII. Ebbw Vale.
  • XXIV. Blaenavon Ironworks.
  • XXV. Beaufort Iron Works.
  • XXVII. The Chain and Anchor Works at Pontypridd.
  • XXVIII. Melingriffith and Pentyrch.
  • XXIX. The Leading Men of Early Iron Days.
  • XXX. Men of the Iron Age.
  • XXXI. Dowlais after the Death of Sir John J. Guest. William Menelaus.
  • XXXII. Cyfarthfa after the Death of William Crawshay.
  • XXXIII. Tinplate. The Puritan Soldier Pioneer.
  • XXXIV. Aberavon and District.
  • XXXV. The Llynvi Valley. The Maid of Cefn Ydfa.
  • XXXVI. Maesteg Works and Neighbourhood. The Brogdens.
  • XXXVII. Neath. A Glance at Past History.
  • XXXVIII. Briton Ferry.
  • XXXIX. Landore.
  • XL. Swansea.
  • XLI. Carmarthenshire Iron Works and Mr. Raby.
  • XLII. Sir John Jones Jenkins.
  • XLIII. Visit to a Morriston Works.
  • XLIV. Llanelly and its Note-worthy Men.
  • XLV. Cardiganshire Tinplate Works
  • XLVI. Bessemer and Siemens.
  • XLVII. Dates of Interest in Connection with the Tinplate Industry in Glamorganshire and Carmarthenshire.
  • XLVIII. Wales the Teacher.
  • XLIX. The Social Life of our Workers. Music, Song, and Devotion.
  • L. Old, and Also Extinct Iron Works.