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Ray Lewis' Photo Collection |
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Ray worked at the Ifor Works for 23 years, and has kindly supplied the following photographs from his collection. |
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<click on the picture to enlarge> |
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Ifor Works, Workforce on the 24th April 1987 |
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Ray's photographs of the last cast at Ifor Works, 22nd of September 1987. |
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Adding Elcum to the last Ladle. |
Casting a last bottom plate. |
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Casting last Moulding Box. |
Casting last moulds. |
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Filling the last Ladle |
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Tapping the last Cast. |
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Teaming hot Iron into the Ladle. |
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Transferring moulton Iron. |
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It was a custom years ago that if workers worked on extra hours they were paid in beer cheques. This is one of the cheques produced specially for the last cast 22nd September 1987. |
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Dowlais foundry on the day it was demolished - June 1988
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photographs were taken by Mr Haydn Powell with a small compact how much dust had accumulated over the years. They started to pull the side down at approx 4 pm that day and as you can see there was a fair amount of dust that got carried by the wind across the top of Victoria Street and up Pant Road. It was a black
day for Dowlais in more ways than one. |
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E-mail Ray Lewis: |
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