Balance Tower, Blaenavon Ironworks
Balance Tower, Blaenavon Ironworks is a building in Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Balance Tower, Blaenavon Ironworks is situated nearby to the ruins Blast Furnace No. 1, as well as near Calcining Kilns, Blaenavon Ironworks.Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Industry
- Description: Grade I listed building in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Balance Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blaenavon Ironworks and Cast House And Foundry, Blaenavon Ironworks.
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.
Cast House And Foundry, Blaenavon Ironworks
Building
Photo: WelshDave, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cast House And Foundry, Blaenavon Ironworks is a building.
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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.
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
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Balance Tower, Blaenavon Ironworks.
Balance Tower, Blaenavon Ironworks
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.77719° or 51° 46′ 38″ northLongitude
-3.08873° or 3° 5′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C3RQWG6+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 107285792OpenStreetMap feature
historic=industrialWikidata ID
Q17743729
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In Other Languages
“Balance Tower, Blaenavon Ironworks” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Tŵr cydbwyso, Gwaith haearn Blaenafon”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blast Furnace No. 1 and Calcining Kilns, Blaenavon Ironworks.
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