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    NPRN34050
    Map ReferenceSJ24SE
    Grid ReferenceSJ2813043150
    Unitary (Local) AuthorityWrexham
    Old CountyDenbighshire
    CommunityCefn
    Type Of SiteBLAST FURNACE
    PeriodPost Medieval
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    The Acrefair blast furnace was built before 1823 by Edward Lloyd Rowland and bought by the British Iron Company in 1825 with production continuing until 1888. The blast furnace consisted of a stone circular tower with elliptical openings on the ground floor. It was demolished in 1963.

    RCAHMW, 15th August 2008
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    DownloadTypeSourceDescriptionapplication/pdfRCAHMW ExhibitionsExhibition panel entitled Safle Treftadaeth Byd Pontcysyllte. Pontcysyllte World Heritage Site, produced by RCAHMW for the National Eisteddfod 2011.