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Blaenavon Industrial Landscape

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape

Cultural · Inscribed: 2000

Site Information

UNESCO ID
984
Category
Cultural
Country
United Kingdom
Inscribed
2000
Coordinates
51.7703, -3.0922

Selection Criteria

(iii) (iv)

Criteria: (iii), (iv)

Description

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, in and around Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. The Blaenavon Ironworks, now a museum, was a major centre of iron production using locally mined or quarried iron ore, coal and limestone. Raw materials and products were transported via horse-drawn tramroads, canals and steam railways. The Landscape includes protected or listed monuments of the industrial processes, transport infrastructure, workers' housing and other aspects of early industrialisation in South Wales.

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