MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian Ironworks.png en Iron furnaces built in 1824 at the Bute Ironworks Rhymni 1828 Mechanics Magazine Aug 2nd 1828 pp1705 Charles Davy other versions The Bute Ironworks were established by the Marquis of Bute in 1824 near Rhymney in ...
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Keywords: Egyptian Ironworks.png en Iron furnaces built in 1824 at the Bute Ironworks Rhymni 1828 Mechanics Magazine Aug 2nd 1828 pp1705 Charles Davy other versions The Bute Ironworks were established by the Marquis of Bute in 1824 near Rhymney in Glamorganshire It was managed initially by William Forman under the name of the South Wales Mining Company The original plan was to build 24 furnaces in an Egyptian style Charles Davy in the Mechanics Magazine Aug 2nd 1828 pp1705 Six of these furnaces were built between 1824 and 1839 They were designed by John Macculloch and the decorative detail of the Bute Works were said to resemble the ruins of Dendera Initially the economic circumstances of the time adversly effected their profitability However after amalgamation with the Rhymney ironworks they started to flourish A view of the ironworks was probably painted by Penry Williams around 1844 Littlewood K 1999 National Library of Wales Journal Rhymney's Egyptian revival images and interpretations of the Bute Ironworks Cyf 31 rh Haf PD-old PD-1923 Rhymney Egyptian Revival architecture in the United Kingdom
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