Ynyscedwyn Ironworks is an industrial complex located in

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, near Swansea,

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. Smelting was first established here in seventeenth century. In the 1820s, with the arrival of George Crane, production was expanded. Crane was the first ironmaster who successfully tried anthracite to a blast furnace in 1837.Hyde, p. 159. In 1837, London bankers, Charles Price and Joseph Marryat, invested in the Ynyscedwyn Ironworks.

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