MACHEN FORGE AND TINPLATE WORKS, TRETHOMAS
Site Details
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NPRN 40455
Map Reference ST28NW
Grid Reference ST20308887
Unitary (Local) Authority Caerphilly
Old County Glamorgan
Community Rudry
Type of Site IRON WORKS
Broad Class INDUSTRIAL
Period Post Medieval, 19th Century, 16th Century
Site Description Machen Forge and Tinplate Works is one of the oldest iron forge sites in South Wales. The forge dates from the sixteenth century and it expanded into tinplate manufacture in 1826 until closing in 1886. The remains include the ruined stables and a disused viaduct (nprn 34983) that was part of an extensive water power system.
Source: A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of South East Wales, AIA, 2003
Claire Parry, RCAHMW, 22 June 2011.
