The site was built on a green field site extending 4. Together with port talbot works the plant has produced up to 3. Should you have any queries please contact our community support line on 0800 8 6560 or email community. Workers were kept in the dark about the end of heavy production at llanwern steelworks. Richard thomas and baldwins was britains largest steel maker which had been nationalised in 1951 long before the rest of the steel industry which joined the company in goverment ownership to form british. Across the fields from the church stood llanwern house. Llanwern steelworks photo archive public group facebook. Llanwern steelworks was opened by richard thomas and baldwins ltd as the spencer works named after named after h f spencer, managing director at the time.
The application of a ge 412 to process control of the new hot strip mill was technically successful and imitated worldwide. The llanwern project was a massive project and we will not attempt to summarise it, just try to answer the queries raised. Llanwern high school will be closed to all pupils as of 3. When it was completed in 1962 the plant was the first oxygenblown integrated steelworks in britain. Glan llyn is a 20 year project to transform the 600 acre former llanwern steelworks site, located just two miles east of the city centre, into an impressive. The llanwern steelworks was an integrated ironworks, steelworks and strip steel mill. Llanwern steelworks group interview 5 of 8 national life. Sep 30, 2010 look out for the remains of llanwern steelworks, a reminder that this part of wales was once the steelproducing centre of the world. While the museum focusses on the history of ebbw vale works, as the works was once the flagship plant of rtb, we have accumulated significant documentation in the archive that refers to other plants in the rtb organisation. Like dutch postcodes, llanwern newport postcodes are alphanumeric. Today, former employees are gathering to commemorate 100 years since the steelworks opened. Tata steel strip products llanwern works, newport ppe requirements. A general view of blast furnace number 3 at llanwern steel works near newport in gwent, south wales on october 1, 1990.
Llanwern is an electoral ward and community in the eastern urbanrural fringe of the city of. It is a peaceful setting, although from the 1960s the spencer works, britains first wholly oxygenblown integrated steelworks, would dominate the landscape. Ronald wilshire born 11 march 1937, abertillery, wales. Every job seen as exercises which needed full briefing due to. The rise and fall of newports famous steelworks industry. Oct 18, 2014 a new show home at the site of the former llanwern steelworks in newport is set to be unveiled for the first time this weekend. Spoke to area engineer to bring 4 men in to relieve ill men. Kirsty thacker is an alevel student at hartridge comprehensive school in newport. Llanwern photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. The story of llanwern steelworks on film the following are from a film made in the mid60s telling the story of why newport was the site chosen for the steelworks. The llanwern project was a massive project and we will not attempt to summarise it, just try to answer the queries raised using rtb reports that detail the project. The steelworks site is alongside the south wales main. Jan 07, 2001 unions have been told to prepare for the closure of the massive llanwern steelworks in south wales, with the loss of 3,000 jobs, as metals giant corus finalises a savage package of cutbacks and. Richard thomas and baldwins was britains largest steel maker which had been nationalised in 1951.
Full circle, the story of steelmaking on deeside, written by gordon smith, published 1980. In 1887, a year before his election to parliament, thomas took the lease of the house, where he lived the life of a somewhat unconventional country squire, riding to hounds and breeding prize hereford cattle. The ebbw vale steelworks museum is the only intact steelworks archive in the uk. From fenland to furnace to new fenland paul flynn read my day. The summers of shotton, written by brian redhead and sheila gooddie, published 1987. Join us to watch a series of documentary films, presented by david waters, which show how the steelworks, opened in 1962, came into being. This place is situated in newport casnewydd, wales, wales, united kingdom, its geographical coordinates are 51 35 20 north, 2 54 49 west and its original name with diacritics is llanwern. It is without doubt a collection of national and international importance and makes a vital contribution to the heritage of blaenau gwent. Aside from the loss of the iron ore trains that utilised the rail network in the past the rail link is in even more use now than it was before. Modwen homes acquired the 600 acre disused site from corus in. Newport braces for steel plant closure business the. The british steel corporation was a large british steel producer, consisting of the assets of former private companies which had been nationalised. Llanwern house was the home of lord rhondda of llanwern, david alfred thomas, who was minister of food during the first world war.
The ward includes bishton, goldcliff, whitson and redwick, as well as the. She pressed a button to send the first slab of molten metal trundling into the mill to be reduced to strip at the spender steelworks of the richard thomas and baldwins company. Llanwern steelworks photo archive has 2,521 members. The best website for free highquality steelworks book fonts, with 28 free steelworks book fonts for immediate download, and 3 professional steelworks book fonts for the best price on the web. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. On arrival stop at security drive to trailer park report to drivers reception with loading reference weighbridge reception loadingsecuring. Behinder catcher, catch steel through mill and double it over. Unions have been told to prepare for the closure of the massive llanwern steelworks in south wales, with the loss of 3,000 jobs, as metals giant corus finalises a savage package of cutbacks and. Llanwern steelworks redevelopment suds wales sustainable. Trace roman history at the caerleon amphitheatre, explore the ruins of raglan castle and tintern abbey, and admire. Also, on the right hand side of the train, the golf club at. Miners strike of 1984 inspired kit habianics book until our blood is. Part of llanwern steelworks in newport is to be temporarily mothballed with. Llanwern steelworks, newport 6909 when it was completed in 1962 the plant was the first oxygenblown integrated steelworks in britain.
Llanwern ward is bounded by the m4 and langstone to the north, ringland, lliswerry and the river usk to the west, the river severn to the south and the city boundary to the east. Twenty years after the consett steelworks fell silent, the llanwern plant in newport prepares for shutdown. The newcastle steelworks was once the beating heart of australias industrial sector. A first look inside homes at the former llanwern steelworks site. Llanwern steelworks suffered from the lack of a deepwater iron ore unloading terminal, steel making ceased in 2001 and the heavy end of the works was demolished in 2004. The faces and memories of newcastles steelworkers abc news.
Those two parts are the outward code and the inward. This history has been compiled by gordon smith, information services manager, shotton, 19681997. The bosses may say it is being mothballed but most workers at llanwern today seemed to believe it was the end of steel rolling at the giant. Llanwern is an electoral ward and community in the eastern urbanrural fringe of the city of newport, south east wales. Llanwern postcode is a sixcharacter string that forms part of a postal address in newport, wales uk. Please feel free to add any photos of llanwern through the years. They are divided into two parts separated by a single space.
Johns, newfoundland where he lived for five years before moving to whitby, ontario, canada, in 1973, when he became vicepresident of. Llanwern steelworks, 2012 a peoples story of wales. Modwen, the uks leading regeneration specialist is working with newport city council to deliver 6,000 new jobs as well as 4,000. A general view of blast furnace number 3 at llanwern steel.
Stand in green area during loading straps lc 2000 dan no cuts no knots not worn. Before the llanwern steelworks arrived the site was a beautiful part of wales only fenland. Bill immigrated to north america in 1966, when he joined sidney steel in sidney, nova scotia, canada. Steel production has been in decline in the uk for a number of years and llanwern hot strip mill is one of the last large production plants remaining. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of llanwern. The 50th anniversary of the opening of a steelworks at llanwern makes us remember just what a vital part this plant has played in the economy and recent history of newport. The late father owen sweeney, who was chaplain on the spencer steelworks project at llanwern in south wales between 1959 and 1962, spoke highly of the men he came across in his unique role. In 1960, he joined llanwern steelworks in newport, wales. Father worked in the tinpots family concern, close knit community, miners or tinworks followed father.
I came to appreciate the inestimable value of their contribution to human wellbeing. The queen yesterday opened a new 50 million steel works at llanwern, near newport, south wales. See more ideas about coal mining, billy elliot and history. Look out for the remains of llanwern steelworks, a reminder that this part of wales was once the steelproducing centre of the world. Tata steel to mothball hot strip mill at llanwern, newport bbc news.
Media in category llanwern the following 11 files are in this category, out of 11 total. Outside the large llanwern steelworks, 64yearold contractor chris stevens said he thought todays announcement of job losses would spell. Llanwern steelworks group interview 8 of 8 national life. A new show home at the site of the former llanwern steelworks in newport is set to be unveiled for the first time this weekend.
Ebbw vale was not considered for expansion as it was already space constrained and lacked proximity to a seaport through which an increasing quantity of iron ore was being imported. Heres a brief history of newports steel industry and how its changed. Ebbw vale works museum, steelworks road, ebbw vale 2020. Jun 26, 2001 bbc news onlines steve dixon looks at the impact of the closure of coruss steel production facility at llanwern in south east wales, 35 years after it first opened. One pupil in one school reflects the impact of the impending closure of llanwern. Remembering llanwern steelworks 50 years on south wales argus. Police clash with striking miners at llanwern steelworks in 1984. Yet this was an appropriate legacy for a family whose wealth had been based on heavy industry. In 2011 the hot strip mill was under threat of closure but continued to employ 1600 employees and roll more than 1. Received half of what we expected not paid for time we were sick and vomiting.
The steelworks site is alongside the south wales main line east of newport, offering excellent rail transport for the works it was the first oxygenblown integrated steelworks in. William shields obituary newark, nj the starledger. Enquiries about the involvement of tata steel strip products uk in its local communities can be directed to. There was lots of long huts at underwood then, i expect left over from the italian prisoner of war camp that was there. Llanwern steel plant to close business the guardian. Even so, its a minefield to write a novel that may seem like historical fiction. Bbc news onlines steve dixon looks at the impact of the closure of coruss steel production facility at llanwern in south east wales, 35 years after it first opened.
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