Gorse Galvanising Co
of Dafen, near Llanelli.
1912 Installed a 1200 HP sheet rolling mill compound engine from Hick, Hargreaves and Co. Corliss valves, cylinders 33" and 64" bore, 6 ft stroke. 30 rpm. The 33ft diameter flywheel weighed 130 tons. Operated until 1959.[1]
1951 Nationalised under the Iron and Steel Act; became part of the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain[2]
1957 Bynea Holdings was formed by John S. Tregoning and Co Ltd in conjunction with Ductile Steels Ltd and Robert Benson, Lonsdale and Co Ltd to purchase Bynea Steel Works from the Holding and Realization Agency[3]. A regrouping of Bynea Steel Works Ltd and its subsidiaries took place such that the company owned the whole of St. Davids Tinplate Co, Glynhir Tinplate Co and Gorse Galvanising Co, as well as a controlling interest in Webb, Shakespeare and Williams Ltd [4].