Blowing Engine
Blowing Engine is a ruins in Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Blowing Engine is situated nearby to the building Pay Office, Blaenavon Ironworks, as well as near Storage Shed and Attachd Chimney, Blaenavon Ironworks.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blaenavon Ironworks and Stack Square.
Blaenavon Ironworks
Museum
Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blaenavon Ironworks is a former industrial site which is now a museum in Blaenavon, Wales. The ironworks was of crucial importance in the development of the ability to use cheap, low quality, high sulphur iron ores worldwide.
Stack Square
Building
Photo: WelshDave, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blaenavon Ironworks is a former industrial site which is now a museum in Blaenavon, Wales. The ironworks was of crucial importance in the development of the ability to use cheap, low quality, high sulphur iron ores worldwide.
Cast House And Foundry, Blaenavon Ironworks
Building
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Cast House And Foundry, Blaenavon Ironworks is a building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blaenavon and Pwll Du.
Blaenavon
Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blaenavon is a town in Torfaen, South Wales. The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Pwll Du
Locality
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Pwll Du was a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It was declared a slum in 1960 and demolished in 1963. The main employment was provided by nearby limestone quarries and by the iron works in Blaenavon.
Cwmavon
Village
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Cwmavon is a hamlet about 2 miles south of Blaenavon and 4 miles north of Pontypool. The hamlet is part of the community of Abersychan in the county borough of Torfaen in south east Wales, and is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire. Cwmavon is situated 2½ miles southeast of Blowing Engine.
Blowing Engine
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.77656° or 51° 46′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.08916° or 3° 5′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C3RQWG6+J8OpenStreetMap ID
way 107285778OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pay Office, Blaenavon Ironworks and Storage Shed and Attachd Chimney, Blaenavon Ironworks.
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