Brymbo Steel Mill
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The Brymbo Steel Mill was a former large steelworks in the village of Brymbo near Wrexham, Wales.
[edit] History
Brymbo Steelworks was founded by John 'Iron Mad' Wilkinson as a smelting plant in 1793, as there was no room for expansion at his father's Bersham Ironworks, which was famous for the bore hole drilling method for making cannon and cylinders. It started when Wilkinson bought Brymbo Hall, and then built two blast furnaces nearby. The works were served by the Wrexham and Minera Branch of the GWR, then BR. The steelworks lasted until 1990, when it was closed. 1,100 jobs were lost and Brymbo went into a depression and negative equity trap.
[edit] Today
The site now is being terraformed to support large amounts of housing. This, along with improved access to Brymbo, will hopefully revitalise the community. It is currently planned to keep the long standing Machine Shop and No 1 blast furnace, both original buildings. More of the still standing buildings may be kept standing as well.
