WAW005796 WALES (1947). Wide view of Hirwaen Royal Ordnance Factory
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| Title | [WAW005796] Wide view of Hirwaen Royal Ordnance Factory |
| Reference | WAW005796 |
| Date | 19-May-1947 |
| Link | Coflein Archive Item 6413330 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | WALES |
| Easting / Northing | 293500, 206300 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.5427706647601, 51.744810800879 |
| National Grid Reference | SN935063 |
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| Route of old Tramway |
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| After the War, these buildings became Cyanamid (Lederle Laboratories) |
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| Cefn Rhigos tramroad Glynneath incline Pont Walby incline
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| Test Firing Target Wall |
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| Trebanog / Penderyn Reservoir |
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| Beacon Road |
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| Hirwaun Pond Halt |
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| Hirwaun Pond |
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| Rhigos Halt |
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| Rhigos Carriage Sidings |
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| Portal of Pencaedrain railway tunnel. |
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| GWR (Vale of Neath) Railway.
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| Bryn-y-Gaer Cemetery |
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| Washery(coal) tip |
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| Coal Washery |
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User Comment Contributions
More information about Rhigos can be found at http://www.rhigosmemories.org.uk/rhigosmemories2/index.htm |
Class31 |
Monday 3rd of August 2015 08:09:23 AM |
For the benefit of readers I would say that Hirwaen is not the usual spelling for this location. Hirwaun is the more common spelling. A local slang pronounciation which was often heard from the 1960.s onwards was "erwin" |
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