Vigurs and Smith
From Graces Guide
of Cwmavon, Neath
The first company which started to develop the resources of the Pontrhydyfen valley acquired the first blast furnace under construction at Pontrhydyfen; the furnace was first lighted in the year 1820.
A small forge was soon erected near the blast furnace, and the iron bars were conveyed from here to Ynysygerwn, in wagons drawn by horses, a distance of about eight miles....'[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ South Wales Daily News - Tuesday 18 September 1900