HAFOD AND MORFA COPPERWORKS; YORKSHIRE IMPERIAL METALS, SWANSEA
Site Details
NPRN 300184
Map Reference SS69NE
Grid Reference SS662951
Unitary (Local) Authority Swansea
Old County Glamorgan
Community Landore
Type of Site COPPER WORKS
Broad Class Industrial
Period Modern
Site Description Formed by the amalgamation in 1924 of Morfa Copperworks (nprn 34104) and Hafod Copperworks (nprn 34089) as British Copper manufacturers. Taken over in 1928 by Imperial Chemical Industries and worked by Yorkshire Imperial Metals until closure in 1980. Site abandoned and partly demolished.
Site visited B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 18 February 2000.
