4 Feb 2022

Waterloo Gardens Penylan Cardiff, Wales

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Snowy scene. Lane at rear of Waterloo Gardens adjacent to the field and Roath Brook. Penylan, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Winter 1975-6.
Snowy scene. Lane at rear of Waterloo Gardens adjacent to the field and Roath Brook. Penylan, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Winter 1975-6.
Snowy scene. Lane at rear of Waterloo Gardens adjacent to the field and Roath Brook. Penylan, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Winter 1975-6.
Snow scenes. Photo images, Waterloo Gardens, Penylan, Cardiff, South Wales, UK.

These photographs capture snow during the notably cold winter of 1975-76. Back lane behind Waterloo Gardens, Cardiff adjacent to the recreation field and Roath Brook.

The Welsh capital has many local streets named after 19th century English military campaigns such as Waterloo Gardens, Stallcourt Ave, Sandringham Rd, Kimberley Rd, Blenheim Rd.

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21 Oct 2021

Port Talbot Steelworks, South Wales, UK

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Number 4 blast furnace and surrounding works. British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK. Photo circa. 1977.
Number 4 blast furnace and surrounding works.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Blast furnace - molten iron and slag flowing from blast furnace. British Steel Port Talbot steelworks, Wales. Photo circa 1977
Blast furnace – molten iron and slag flowing from blast furnace.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Blast furnace - molten iron and slag flowing from blast furnace. British Steel Port Talbot steelworks, Wales. Photo circa 1977
Blast furnace – molten iron and slag flowing from blast furnace.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Charging the BOS vessel with molten pig iron (hot metal) from the blast furnace. A stage in the basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) process. British Steel works, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK. 1977.
Charging the BOS vessel with molten pig iron (hot metal) from the blast furnace. A stage in the basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) process.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
BOS plant, British Steel, Port Talbot, Wales A basic oxygen furnace where oxygen is blown through molten pig iron heated to approximately 1,600℃ converting it into steel. Photo 1977
BOS plant, British Steel, Port Talbot, Wales A basic oxygen furnace where oxygen is blown through molten pig iron heated to approximately 1,600℃ converting it into steel.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Interior view of steel rolling mill. British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK. Photo circa. 1977.
Interior view of steel rolling mill.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Port Talbot steelworks, blast furnace no. 4
Blast furnace No. 4.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Blast Furnace. Port Talbot steel works, South Wales
Blast Furnace No. 4.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.

From the archive. Images at Number 4 blast furnace and the rolling mill, Port Talbot.

It’s closure was announced in 2024.

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