Copperopolis, Stephen Hughes, sb, 358pp, £20+ P&P
This book was originally produced in hardback back in 2000 and sold out very quickly
Subtitled Landscapes of the Early Industrial Period in Swansea. A coffee table book, a monograph and a gazetteer all rolled into one. Printed on art paper with detailed maps and fine drawings this is a book to treasure. During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries 90% of Britain's copper-smelting capacity was located within 20 miles of Swansea. At the same time it was also the world's largest copper-smelting centre with copper ores being imported from Cuba, Chile, the United States and Australia. Swansea was noted for the development of the "Welsh method of copper-smelting". The first smelter was established by the German, Ulrich Frosse at Aberdulais 1584, but copper smelting finally ceased in 1924 and most of the works were demolished. This book then is a fitting commemoration of the world's first Industrial Revolution Includes 339 figures / photos & 4 colour plates
The book is an absolute cracker and for the price is fully recommended and available from all good booksellers like meself
Mike
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