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 ⓘ