The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District of South Wales, from the Time of Elizabeth to the Present Day |
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Page 68
Tradition gives the Site of these important Works to the banks of the River Neath , and after much enquiry and local examination I have come to the conclusion that the premises east and near the present Neath Abbey Railway Station ...
Tradition gives the Site of these important Works to the banks of the River Neath , and after much enquiry and local examination I have come to the conclusion that the premises east and near the present Neath Abbey Railway Station ...
Page 80
I have already stated how and when these Great Companies came to an end so far as respects their Chartered rights : the old Works on the Neath River are now held by Messrs . Williams , Foster and Co. , and are conducted under the ...
I have already stated how and when these Great Companies came to an end so far as respects their Chartered rights : the old Works on the Neath River are now held by Messrs . Williams , Foster and Co. , and are conducted under the ...
Page 90
... from a great fall of water , and two large wheels one under the other , and especially so near a navigable river as these are , and that the said works were erected in a place where a Tucking Mill once stood , and was taken down to ...
... from a great fall of water , and two large wheels one under the other , and especially so near a navigable river as these are , and that the said works were erected in a place where a Tucking Mill once stood , and was taken down to ...
Page 91
Sir H Mackworth empowered to buy one great trough or two small ones proper for the river of Neath , and fit for loading or unloading vessels that can't come up that river . 9 JulyCommittee reports That there ought to be six new Smelting ...
Sir H Mackworth empowered to buy one great trough or two small ones proper for the river of Neath , and fit for loading or unloading vessels that can't come up that river . 9 JulyCommittee reports That there ought to be six new Smelting ...
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... the banks of Neath River , but which not being lodged on the Borough Quay itself , may have been considered untaxable elsewhere by the merchants who had provided their own works and wharflike accommodation without Corporation aid .
... the banks of Neath River , but which not being lodged on the Borough Quay itself , may have been considered untaxable elsewhere by the merchants who had provided their own works and wharflike accommodation without Corporation aid .
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| Title | The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District of South Wales, from the Time of Elizabeth to the Present Day |
| Author | George Grant Francis |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Henry Sotheran & Company, 1881 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 Apr 2007 |
| Length | 193 pages |
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