NPRN405094
Map ReferenceSN90NW
Grid ReferenceSN9184008330
Unitary (Local) AuthorityRhondda Cynon Taff
Old CountyBrecknockshire
CommunityHirwaun
Type Of SiteHYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR TOWER
PeriodPost Medieval
DescriptionA small structure built after 1877, situated between the Hydraulic Pump House (NPRN:405091) and the Pellet Press House (NPRN:405095). The Nobel Plan (No.71 on the Nobel Plan) describes it as a magazine but Moses annotates it a hydraulic accumulator, i.e. a pressurised reservoir for the hydraulic presses in the pellet press house. No trace found.
References:
Nobel Industries Ltd. (1927) Block Plan of Glyn Neath Black Powder Factory. NMRW
Moses, T.L. Annotated copy of OS 1/2500 (1918). NMRW
D.J.Percival, 18 October 2006