Swansea copper industry

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The Swansea copper industry was a historically significant metalworking sector centered in Swansea, Wales, that made the town a global hub of copper smelting and trade during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf copper smelting industry
historical industrial sector
centeredOnArea Hafod
Landore
Lower Swansea Valley
linked to: Swansea Valley

Morfa
White Rock
contributedTo development of Swansea docks
pollution of Lower Swansea Valley
urban growth of Swansea
country United Kingdom
declinedInPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
employed thousands of workers
flourishedInPeriod 18th century
19th century
hadMajorCompany Grenfell & Sons
Vivian & Sons
Williams Foster & Co.
hadMajorWorks Hafod Copperworks
Morfa Copperworks
linked to: Hafod Copperworks

Vivian Copper Works
White Rock Copper Works
heritageRecognizedBy Hafod-Morfa Copperworks conservation
Lower Swansea Valley Project
importedRawMaterialFrom Australia
North America
importedRawMaterialFrom Chile
Cornwall
Cuba
Devon
influenced global copper trade patterns
knownAs Copperopolis
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn Swansea
United Kingdom
Wales
madeSwansea global hub of copper smelting
global hub of copper trade
mainActivity copper smelting
metalworking
mainProduct copper
partOf Industrial Revolution in Britain
peakGlobalShareOfCopperSmelting over 60 percent
reasonForDecline competition from overseas smelters
shifts in ore supply
technological changes in smelting
reliedOnResource local coal from South Wales coalfield
usedEnergySource coal
steam power

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River Tawe associatedWith Swansea copper industry