Steel Co of Wales Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Thomas, Richard, & Baldwins Ltd
- Guest Keen Baldwins Ltd
- Lysagh, John, Ltd
- Llanelly Associated Tinplate Companies
- British Steel Corp
- Abbey Works
- Trostre Works
- Velindre Works
- Margam Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Cardiff, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Dyfed, Wales, Wales
- Margam, Neath Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- Swansea, Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
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Basic metals production
Tinplate production
Notes:
Established 1947 by Richard Thomas & Baldwins Ltd, Guest Keen Baldwins Ltd, John Lysagh Ltd and Llanelly Associated Tinplate Companies to acquire certain of their assets in South Wales including Port Talbot and Margam steelworks. Nationalised 1947 and in 1957 denationalised. Built, inter alia, major steelworks at Abbey Works and tinplate works at Trostre, Llanelli, and Velindre, Swansea, as part of a massive restructuring of the tinplate industry. 1967 renationalised to form part of British Steel Corp
Publications:
- Class, Work and Community. Port Talbot's steelworks, 1951-1988 by Penny, Bleddyn
- Doing it for themselves. The Steel Company of Wales and the study of American industrial productivity, 1945-1955 by Miskell, Louise
- 'From Margam to Mauritania. The Steel Company of Wales and the globalisation of iron ore supplies, 1952-1960' in L Miskell (ed), New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History by Miskell, Louise
- Port Talbot, Margam and Abbey Works. An illustrated description of plant and processes by Unknown
- Steel Company of Wales. A technical survey by Unknown
- Technical Survey of the Velindre Works of the Steel Co of Wales Ltd by Unknown
- 'The affluent striker. Industrial disputes in the Port Talbot Steelworks, 1945-1979' in L Miskell (ed), New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History by Penny, Bleddyn
- Trostre and Velindre Works. An illustrated description of plant and processes by Unknown
- Trostre Works by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Thomas, Richard, & Baldwins Ltd
- Guest Keen Baldwins Ltd
- Lysagh, John, Ltd
- Llanelly Associated Tinplate Companies
- British Steel Corp
- Abbey Works
- Trostre Works
- Velindre Works
- Margam Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Cardiff, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Dyfed, Wales, Wales
- Margam, Neath Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- Swansea, Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
- Basic metals production Tinplate production
Notes:
Established 1947 by Richard Thomas & Baldwins Ltd, Guest Keen Baldwins Ltd, John Lysagh Ltd and Llanelly Associated Tinplate Companies to acquire certain of their assets in South Wales including Port Talbot and Margam steelworks. Nationalised 1947 and in 1957 denationalised. Built, inter alia, major steelworks at Abbey Works and tinplate works at Trostre, Llanelli, and Velindre, Swansea, as part of a massive restructuring of the tinplate industry. 1967 renationalised to form part of British Steel CorpPublications:
- Class, Work and Community. Port Talbot's steelworks, 1951-1988 by Penny, Bleddyn
- Doing it for themselves. The Steel Company of Wales and the study of American industrial productivity, 1945-1955 by Miskell, Louise
- 'From Margam to Mauritania. The Steel Company of Wales and the globalisation of iron ore supplies, 1952-1960' in L Miskell (ed), New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History by Miskell, Louise
- Port Talbot, Margam and Abbey Works. An illustrated description of plant and processes by Unknown
- Steel Company of Wales. A technical survey by Unknown
- Technical Survey of the Velindre Works of the Steel Co of Wales Ltd by Unknown
- 'The affluent striker. Industrial disputes in the Port Talbot Steelworks, 1945-1979' in L Miskell (ed), New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History by Penny, Bleddyn
- Trostre and Velindre Works. An illustrated description of plant and processes by Unknown
- Trostre Works by Unknown