Kidwelly Industrial Museum

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Kidwelly Industrial Museum
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Former tinplate works with preserved steam engine and a colliery headgear and winding engine
Kidwelly Industrial Museum is located in Carmarthenshire
Kidwelly Industrial Museum
Location within Carmarthenshire
LocationKidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Coordinates51°44′48″N 4°17′19″W / 51.7467°N 4.2887°W / 51.7467; -4.2887
TypeIndustry museum
WebsiteKidwelly Industrial Museum

The Kidwelly Industrial Museum focuses on the tinplate industry in Kidwelly, as well as area coal mining and brick making. The museum is located near the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, on the site of the former Kidwelly Tinplate Works. The tinplate works was originally established in 1737 and was closed in 1941.

The engine house of the tinplate works was listed as Grade II* in 1998[1] while the works chimney, boxing room and assorting room are listed as Grade II.

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  1. ^ Cold-roll Engine-house at former Kidwelly Tinplate Works, Kidwelly, BritishListedBuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

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