Blaenavon Iron Works

Local nameBlaenavon Iron Works
LocationBlaenavon, UK

Blaenavon Ironworks is a former industrial site which is now a museum in Blaenavon, Wales. The ironworks was of crucial importance in the development of the ability to use cheap, low quality, high sulphur iron ores worldwide. It was the site of the experiments by Sidney Gilchrist Thomas and his cousin Percy Gilchrist that led to "the basic steel process" or "Gilchrist-Thomas process".

The ironworks is on the outskirts of Blaenavon, in the borough of Torfaen, within the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, a World Heritage Site. The site is under the care of Cadw, the Welsh Government's historic environment service.

Tags UNESCOFreeArchaeological SiteIndustryHeritage
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaenavon_Ironworks

Official site http://www.visitblaenavon.co.uk/en/Homepage.aspx

UNESCO website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/984

Email blaenavon.tic@torfaen.gov.uk

Phone +44 14 95 74 23 33

Address Church Road, NP49AS UK

Coordinates 51°46'36.841" N -3°5'20.889" E

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