NPRN301240
Map ReferenceSS69NE
Grid ReferenceSS6600095000
Unitary (Local) AuthoritySwansea
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityLandore
Type Of SiteRAILWAY
PeriodPost Medieval
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Description
SS66119564 to SS66479581. Silver Works operated from 1853-1867 when the buildings were converted to the Landore Siemens Steelworks (NPRN ). Owners of the Silver Works erected a lifting-bridge over the River Tawe to carry waste by railway to the marshy east bank of the river. Powered incline to the top tip. Railway was abandoned by 1876.