Full Circle

The information in this section is an edited version taken from Llanelli - Birth of a Town a CdRom by William and Benita Rees

The Wheel of Industry turns full circle for Llanelli

1950s The "Death Knell" sounded for the town’s Industrial Revolution which had started 200 years earlier when Sir Thomas Stepney, 7th Baronet, negotiated with the new Industrialists, from the already heavily industrialised Swansea and Neath Valleys, who brought investment, technical innovation, and modern mining techniques, with them.

1960s During this decade Llanelli was designated as a redevelopment area, and strenuous efforts were made by the Borough Council to attract new industries, and clear up the industrial dereliction left behind by defunct industries.

1980s Llanelli's Industrial Revolution finally ended in the 1980s, with the closure of Duport Steel, also known as the Llanelly Steel Company and the ‘Klondyke’. Sandy Water Park now occupies the site and is part of the Millennium Coastal Path - a popular attraction for visitor and local residents.

Industrial Sites purchased by the Borough Council

Date	Location	New Developments
1952	Old Lodge	Old Lodge – Residential Estate
1953	Llanelli Associated Tinplate	Hafan – Old People’s Complex
1954	Stepney, Pemberton/Robinson Estates
1955	Western Works - acquired from Stepney Estates	Maesgors Residential (Marshfield) Station Road Maisonettes
1957	Wern Engineering (Nevill’s Foundry) - Deed of Gift from Richard Thomas & Baldwins	Part of Old Lodge Residential Estate
1966	89 acres - including: Richard Thomas & Baldwins Wharf & South Wales Steel Works South Llanelli Redevelopment Proposals: 90 Houses in Bwlchgwynt: Machynys Row; Globe Cottages; Bay View Terrace; Cliff Terrace; Ranc y Gaffers; Machynys Fach Terrace; Sea View Terrace; Burry Road.
1967	Morfa Tinplate Works - owned by Silver Roadways	Blaen-y-Morfa, Glandafen Residential Housing
1967	Pemberton Tinplate Works - acquired from Welsh Tinplate & Metal Stamping Works	Llys Newydd Sheltered Housing Complex
1967	86 acres of Land acquired from British Railways which included: Engine Sheds Sidings Embankments New Dock (GWR Dock)	Granby Close, Clos Dewi Medi Llys y Dryndod Leo Supermarket (now closed) Filled in
1980	Glanmor Foundry (later Glanmorfa)	Llys Glanymor Clos Sant Dafydd Llys y Gof (Gof = Smith)
1980s	Waddle’s Foundry - Residential Housing precluded due to presence of old pit which was capped; Burry & Burry Extension (closed 1961) Richard Thomas (RT) Works Duport Steel (formerly Llanelli Steel (Klondyke)	Waddle’s Court - Old People’s Complex Village Green Demolished Demolished Sandy Water Park