The Kidwelly Industrial Museum focuses on the tinplate industry in Kidwelly, as well as area

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and

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making. The museum is located near the town of

Kidwelly Kidwelly ( cy, Cydweli) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, southwest Wales, approximately northwest of the most populous town in the county, Llanelli. In the 2001 census the community of Kidwelly returned a population of 3,289, inc ...

, Carmarthenshire,

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, on the site of the former Kidwelly Tinplate Works. The tinplate works was originally established in 1737 and was closed in 1941. The engine house of the tinplate works was listed as Grade II* in 1998Cold-roll Engine-house at former Kidwelly Tinplate Works, Kidwelly
BritishListedBuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2013. while the works chimney, boxing room and assorting room are listed as Grade II.

References

External links

Kidwelly Industrial Museum Trust website

Carmarthenshire County Council official page
Museums in Carmarthenshire Industry museums in Wales

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