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Nantyglo Iron Works

Nearby stations Brynmawr Nantyglo [2nd] Nantyglo [1st] Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale Low Level Beaufort Ebbw Vale High Level Tyllwyn Halt Gelli Felen Halt Waunavon Blaina Garn-yr-Erw Victoria [South Wales] Whistle Halt Ebbw Vale Parkway	Lion Tin Plate Works Waun Dew Colliery Beaufort Tunnel Iron Works Beynon and Red Ash Colliery Beaufort Iron Works Coalbrookvale Ironworks Ebbw Vale Steelworks Colliery Geli Felen Tunnel Ebbw Vale Junction Llam-march Quarry Ebbw Vale Steelworks Limeworks Tourist/other Nantyglo Round Towers
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/ /1829	Baileys Tramroad Tramroad built from Nantyglo Iron Works near Brynmawr, to Govilon on the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal.
/ /1833	Beaufort Iron Works Crawshay Bailey buys Beaufort Iron Works for £45,000. Beaufort Iron Works starts to supply iron for the mills at Nantyglo Iron Works.
01/08/1859	Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway Company incorporated. Backed by Crawshay Bailey of Nantyglo Iron Works, James Hill of Blaenavon Iron Works and Thomas Brown of Ebbw Vale Iron Works. Engineer; John Gardner.
/ /1865	Alexandra Docks and Railway Alexandra Docks and Railway incorporated. Subscribed to by Lord Tredegar, Crawshay Bailey and other ironmasters from Cwmbran Iron Works, Nantyglo Iron Works, Tredegar Iron Works and Rhymney Iron Works. Act also allows construction of railways.
/ /1871	J.&C. Bailey (Joseph Bailey and Crawshay Bailey) Sell Nantyglo Iron Works to Brynmawr railway to the Nantyglo and Blaina Iron Company.
/ /1871	Crawshay Bailey Sells the Nantyglo Iron Works and Beaufort Iron Works for £300,000.
31/07/1902	Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway Line taken over jointly by the London and North Western Railway and the Great Western Railway as the Nantyglo and Blaina Iron Company were asking too high a price to buy their private Nantyglo Iron Works to Brynmawr railway.