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Steelworks Collection

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Port Talbot Steelworks, circa 1958

Port Talbot Steelworks, circa 1958

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Port Talbot Steelworks, Margam works. Erection of No 2 Blast Furnace

Port Talbot Steelworks, Margam works. Erection of No 2 Blast Furnace. This furnace, due to come into production later this year

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Offloading one of the giant roll housings shipped from American in the SS Wells City for

Offloading one of the giant roll housings shipped from American in the SS Wells City for the Abbey Strip mill, at Port Talbot docks

Background imageSteelworks Collection: An advance guard of the army of steelworkers who returned to their jobs at Port Talbot

An advance guard of the army of steelworkers who returned to their jobs at Port Talbot after the strike which lasted six weeks

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Views of Port Talbot Steelworks, Wales. 7th August 1967

Views of Port Talbot Steelworks, Wales. 7th August 1967

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Dereliction in Pontypridd Street, Splott. 11th September 1975

Dereliction in Pontypridd Street, Splott. 11th September 1975

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Port Talbot steel works. West Glamorgan, Wales. 30th April 1965

Port Talbot steel works. West Glamorgan, Wales. 30th April 1965

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Modernistic design of the buildings now taking shape at the Abbey Strip Mills, Margam

Modernistic design of the buildings now taking shape at the Abbey Strip Mills, Margam. Pictured, the ingot strip bay, a part of a building which will eventually stretch for three quarters of a mile

Background imageSteelworks Collection: The new strip mills at Margam, Port Talbot, opened by Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh

The new strip mills at Margam, Port Talbot, opened by Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Gaitskell. Pictured, Mr Gaitskell followed by directors

Background imageSteelworks Collection: The mould preparation bay at the Steel Company of Waless new Abbey Works at Margam

The mould preparation bay at the Steel Company of Waless new Abbey Works at Margam. 23rd October 1948

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Port Talbot Steelworks, December 1968

Port Talbot Steelworks, December 1968

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Port Talbot Steelworks, August 1969

Port Talbot Steelworks, August 1969

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Steel Works, Cargo Fleet, Middlesbrough, Teesside, Circa 1960. Rolling angle girders

Steel Works, Cargo Fleet, Middlesbrough, Teesside, Circa 1960. Rolling angle girders

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Steel Company of Wales worker scenes. Blower foreman Neville Hayman, 38, in the V. L

Steel Company of Wales worker scenes. Blower foreman Neville Hayman, 38, in the V. L
Steel Company of Wales worker scenes. Blower foreman Neville Hayman, 38, in the V.L.N plant. He controls the making of the finest quality steel in Great Britain. 1st August 1967

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Steel Company of Wales scenes. The breakwater under construction at Port Talbot

Steel Company of Wales scenes. The breakwater under construction at Port Talbot. 1st August 1967

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Steel Company of Wales worker David Pinch, 20 directs a huge American crane

Steel Company of Wales worker David Pinch, 20 directs a huge American crane, placing a ten tonne rock in the building of the 1.5 mile long breakwater for the new harbour at Port Talbot

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Scenes at Swansea Docks, Wales. Views of Port Talbot Steelworks. 7th August 1967

Scenes at Swansea Docks, Wales. Views of Port Talbot Steelworks. 7th August 1967

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Newly cast steel ingots loaded on to a railway wagon at the Stocksbridge Steelworks 21st

Newly cast steel ingots loaded on to a railway wagon at the Stocksbridge Steelworks 21st December 1961

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Steel ingots being cast at the Stockebridge Steelworks 21st December 1961

Steel ingots being cast at the Stockebridge Steelworks 21st December 1961

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Three of the operators of one of the open hearth furnaces at the Stocksbridge Steelworks

Three of the operators of one of the open hearth furnaces at the Stocksbridge Steelworks 21st December 1961

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Molten steel is tapped off from one of the open hearth furnaces at the Stocksbridge

Molten steel is tapped off from one of the open hearth furnaces at the Stocksbridge Steelworks 21st December 1961

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Steelworkers operating one of the open hearth furnaces at the Stocksbridge Steelworks

Steelworkers operating one of the open hearth furnaces at the Stocksbridge Steelworks 21st December 1961

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Away with the old, and all that is left of Cornelia Street, Splott

Away with the old, and all that is left of Cornelia Street, Splott, is the brick and timber rubble that was once the home of many families, now gone to other districts of the city

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Swansea Street in Splott, Cardiff. 8th October 1964

Swansea Street in Splott, Cardiff. 8th October 1964

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Jim Mapstone and his three-year-old daughter Tammy of Aberystwyth Street, Splott

Jim Mapstone and his three-year-old daughter Tammy of Aberystwyth Street, Splott, enjoy the greenery in the newly reclaimed areas of land near Portamoor Street. 4th October 1978

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Queen Elizabeth II wearing protective clothing, watches the control panel of the new

Queen Elizabeth II wearing protective clothing, watches the control panel of the new basic oxygen plant at Port Talbot after she had set it in operation. 12th May 1970

Background imageSteelworks Collection: The Queen and the Mayor of Newport look across Newport Docks at Llanwern steelworks

The Queen and the Mayor of Newport look across Newport Docks at Llanwern steelworks. 26th October 1962

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Evans Lewis welsh steelworker. 8th September 1963

Evans Lewis welsh steelworker. 8th September 1963

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Bessemer steel plant, for Margam works. Crane hoists it clear of the ship. July 1958

Bessemer steel plant, for Margam works. Crane hoists it clear of the ship. July 1958

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Port Talbot Steelworks, circa 1956

Port Talbot Steelworks, circa 1956

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Steelworker Tony Dooley of Portmead, Swansea, with the VLN converter in the background at

Steelworker Tony Dooley of Portmead, Swansea, with the VLN converter in the background at the British Steel Corporations Port Talbot plant. 15th January 1969

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Unloading Ore at the Wharf alongside the GKB Blast Furnaces at Margam. Circa 1947

Unloading Ore at the Wharf alongside the GKB Blast Furnaces at Margam. Circa 1947

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Port Talbot Steelworks, circa 1967

Port Talbot Steelworks, circa 1967

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Ramming sand in preparation for the special welding operation used to repair the broken

Ramming sand in preparation for the special welding operation used to repair the broken lever at the Works of the Steel Co. of Wales, 23rd January 1958

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Lorries being unloaded at Margam Slag Works. 17th February 1961

Lorries being unloaded at Margam Slag Works. 17th February 1961

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Port Talbot Steelworks. Circa 1958

Port Talbot Steelworks. Circa 1958

Background imageSteelworks Collection: British Steel Corporation, Hartlepool Works, 12th January 1978

British Steel Corporation, Hartlepool Works, 12th January 1978. Plant Closure, 550 steel men made redundant. Pictured, Steelworker Percy Fielding, 58

Background imageSteelworks Collection: Children at play in the shadow of the steelworks at Grangetown, 1970

Children at play in the shadow of the steelworks at Grangetown, 1970



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