From the Merthyr Express 70 years ago today……
Close Encounters of the Merthyr Kind
Tag: Pandy Farm
Merthyr: Then and Now
CYFARTHFA
by Jason Meaker
Cyfarthfa Works in the 1870’s. Photo courtesy of http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/index.htm
The first photograph, above, shows a view over the Cyfarthfa Ironworks towards Cyfarthfa Castle.
Opened in 1765 by Anthony Bacon, Cyfarthfa Ironworks was leased by Richard Crawshay in 1786, and by the beginning of the 19th Century was the biggest ironworks in the world.
The Cyfarthfa Works closed in 1910, but re-opened briefly during the First World War to produce steel for armaments. The works finally closed completely in 1919, and were dismantled beginning in 1928.
The second photograph, below, shows roughly the same view. All trace of the once mighty Cyfarthfa Works has gone, but Pandy Farm and Cyfarthfa Castle still remain.
