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PORT TALBOT
Although Port Talbot is famous
for steel it actually grew around the copper
smelting industry in the 18th century. The town’s
original docks were built in the 1840s to export
Welsh coal, but the steel industry eventually took
over.
The giant
Margam Abbey steel works was created in the
1940s. Later a deep-water harbour was built
for large iron-ore imports. The Welsh Mining
Museum can be found at Afon Forest Park.
