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Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
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Blaenavon Industrial Landscape

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Rank: 1001 UNESCO
Wonder Type: Cultural
Country: United Kingdom
Best of: Ironworks
Description:
The area around Blaenavon is evidence of the pre-eminence of South Wales as the world's major producer of iron and coal in the 19th century. All the necessary elements can still be seen - coal and ore mines, quarries, a primitive railway system, furnaces, workers' homes, and the social infrastructure of their community. [More Details]
This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Blaenavon Industrial Landscape", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.