WAW003421 WALES (1946). View of the Metal Box tinplate works, Neath

victorian rifle range on the saltings

pont y lady crosses the neath canal between the RSBR bridge & the road & footbridge into the metal box factory

parts of morfa llwyn erydd have recovered from years of heavy industry pollution

not a tree in sight! the land around the factory was known as morfa llwyn erydd,which roughly translates as 'eaglesbush sea marsh' & was prone to flood on spring tides throughout the victorian era.a puff of smoke from a locomotive on the Rhondda &Swansea Bay Railway near the swingbridge over the river.near the loco,on the disused loop to metal box & canalside station,standing out like a medival motte on the saltings is the remnants of a victorian rifle range shown on the 1870s o/s map as 'Butts',with markers every 100yards.NE