Panteg Steel Works

The Railway Station and Works, Panteg and Griffithstown, date unknown.
Panteg Steel Works (on left incl. chimneys) and Panteg and Griffithstown railway station (on right), date unknown.

The Panteg Steel Works was situated in the village of Panteg, adjacent to Sebastopol, and Griffithstown, in the district of Torfaen, South Wales. The steel works was founded in 1873,[1] and operated for over 130 years until its closure in 2004.[2] A number of 'firsts' occurred at Panteg Steel Works during its long life, including the first full production of stainless steel in the UK outside Sheffield in 1944, [3] the installation of the first production vertical caster in the UK in 1960[4] and the commissioning of British Steel's first Argon Oxygen Decarburizer in 1972.[5] Planning permission was given to turn the works into residential housing in 2010,[6] when the site became the Parc Panteg housing estate.[7]

  1. ^ Protheroe-Jones, Robert (1995). Welsh Steel. National Museum of Wales. p. 59. ISBN 0-7200-0424-1.
  2. ^ "End of an era for steelworks". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  3. ^ Clarke, Pat (1999). The Story of the Steelmakers of Panteg. Torfaen Museum Trust. p. 29.
  4. ^ Clarke 1999, p. 34
  5. ^ Clarke 1999, p. 44
  6. ^ "Archive news from the South Wales Argus".
  7. ^ "Houses for sale in Pontypool, Gwent, NP4 5JL - Parc Panteg". Archived from the original on 28 September 2010.