Land of Forges and fire: Merthyr Tydfil in the 1800s

This is a short film focusing on French and German travellers to the industrial town of Merthyr Tydfil in the mid-nineteenth century and their descriptions of the town. The film was produced by Treehouse Media and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales in partnership with Bangor University and the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies as part of the AHRC funded project “European Travellers to Wales”.
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[@saymyname218]

Very interesting... I`m visiting Merthyr Tydfil in March with my son .

[@davidjohn64]

The first Bessemer converter to make Steel was at Dowlais Ironworks ....

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

3:00 Some things never change.

[@derekward5704]

Immensly interesting and historic account of the part played by Cyfarthfa and Dowlais in the industrial development of my beloved town. Derek Ward

[@lewismorgan7499]

Im half way through it un must say really enjoyed leaving our past.

[@davidjohn64]

Do we call Call Crawshay , a Marthyr , who created the the Iron Town ,of Merthyr .?

[@deanj6969]

My home town

[@TheRoundHound]

Hometown of my great grandmother. Writing from upstate New York.

[@jproud6]

@@TheRoundHound Dylech chi ddod i Gymru un diwrnond, mae'n wlad hardd iawn / You should come to Wales one day, it's a beautiful country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@BadgerBotherer1]

Informative film. I used to live there.

[@davidjohn64]

I used to live there..

[@BadgerBotherer1]

@@davidjohn64 You've suffered as well!

[@davidjohn64]

i used to live there . Merthyr goodbye ..

[@davidjohn64]

Many people , including myself , used to live there . Nuff said .

[@jjwasp1413]

wow

[@mattnewman125]

Merthyr Tydfil the real and rightful capital of Wales..not some little city down the road that only exists from the success of Merthyr and other out of city areas. If crawshay didn’t pay his workers in his own printed money and instead paid in real currency this town would have grown in to one of the largest city’s in Britain or Europe but crawshay paid poorly and got away with it because he owned Merthyr the police the courts the shops everything. The number one town in the world for iron, admiral nelson even visited the town at one time because Merthyr made all the cannons and so on for his ships...where do you end with this town you could go on for ever..Trevithick first steam locomotive in the world that carried both goods and passengers, Joseph parry, bacon, Bessemer ......