George Bower reported in his book dated 1866, that he had built a gasworks for Leach, Flower & Co., Tin plate works in Lllanelli. Leach, Flower & Co. operated the Melyn Tin Plate Works in Neath. A Gasworks and Gasometer were marked on the 1878 OS Town Plan for Neath, suggesting the gasworks was built at this site. The gasworks would have lit the works.