Aberdulais Tin Works, Wales

Wales was the leading producer of tinplate in the Victorian era (1830s-1900). We enjoyed hearing how tinplate was made: Iron is rolled into thin sheets, folded, and re-rolled several times, then cleaned with acid, dipped into tin, and finally oiled and polished.

The falls were really beautiful at one time, evidenced by paintings, but the area was dynamited to obtain stone for building a canal. It is still a pretty area, though.Read more