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Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station – Contextual Presentation

On 5th March 2015, I made a presentation to the Bus Station Stakeholders Meeting of current contextual research in relation to the Bus Station project and the Link Bridge Study.

I thought it may be of interest to post all these images here. There are a fair few – so bear with it ! – it is useful to know how the research is being delivered and what is shaping my approach. The screenshot image below gives a clear idea of the number of images I am posting – stick with it as there are some great images and quotations…

 

I have credited all sources of information and am grateful to all organisations and individuals who have assisted me thus far. Where permissions to use images have not been possible, these images have been withdrawn from posting online.

Where Ordnance Survey Maps have been used, they are all out of copyright, however, I have added a credit – ‘Reproduced from the …date… Ordnance Survey Map’, which the Ordnance Survey suggest on their website.

At the scale above – the individual images are not so clear – so I have added all the images individually. It makes for a long post – but hopefully you will find something of interest here !  Here goes – Image No.1 …

Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project. Contextual research presentation. Artist: Christopher Tipping

 

This ends the presentation images – 

 

Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project - Ynysfach Iron Works was on the site now occupied by The College, Merthyr Tydfil. The remains of the original Blast Furnaces are visible as is the restored Engine House at the north of the site. Image: Christopher Tipping
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station Project – Ynysfach Iron Works was on the site now occupied by The College, Merthyr Tydfil. The remains of the original Blast Furnaces are visible as is the restored Engine House at the north of the site. Image: Christopher Tipping

 

 

 

 

Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery

12th February 2015, Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery

Cyfarthfa Castle was built in 1825 by William Crawshay. It cost £30,000 and was home to the Crawshay’s until 1889. Merthyr Tydfil Corporation bought it in 1909, and it was turned into a school and museum.

I had a very friendly and engaging visit to the Castle Museum, the former home of the Crawshay Family who owned the Cyfarthfa Ironworks.

Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil. Image: Christopher Tipping
Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil. Image: Christopher Tipping

I met with Kelly Powell – acting Museums Officer, Benjamin Price – Education and Interpretation Officer, Chris Parry – Community Officer and Michelle Lewis – Community Officer.

Images taken from a Cabinet of Iron samples manufactured by the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, on display at the Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery. Images by permission of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery
Images taken from a Cabinet of Iron samples manufactured by the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, on display at the Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery. Images by permission of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery
Images taken from a Cabinet of Iron samples manufactured by the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, on display at the Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery. Images by permission of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery
Images taken from a Cabinet of Iron samples manufactured by the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, on display at the Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery. Images by permission of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery
Image taken from a Cabinet of Iron & steel samples manufactured by the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, on display at the Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery. Images by permission of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery
Image taken from a Cabinet of Iron & steel samples manufactured by the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, on display at the Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery. Images by permission of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery
Image: A Cabinet of Iron samples manufactured by the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, on display at the Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery. Images by permission of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery
Image: A Cabinet of Iron samples manufactured by the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, on display at the Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery. Images by permission of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery
Image taken from a Cabinet of Iron & steel samples manufactured by the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, on display at the Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery. Image by permission of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery
Image taken from a Cabinet of Iron & steel samples manufactured by the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, on display at the Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery. Image by permission of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery

Samples such as these by the Cyfarthfa Ironworks,  were made for no other reason that to illustrate and show off the skills of the workers in manipulating iron and steel. Many, if not all of these samples were bent cold !

On 27th June 1912, King George V and Queen Mary visited Dowlais Ironworks. A spectactular steel archway – the ‘Goat Mill Arch’, had been erected for the occasion, & decorated with many locally made manufactured steel components, very similar to, if not the same as those on display in the Castle Museum.

Image of the Royal Visit to Dowlais in 1912 and the Goat Mill Arch by permission of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery
Image of the Royal Visit to Dowlais in 1912 and the Goat Mill Arch by permission of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery
Image: Detail of the Royal Visit to Dowlais in 1912 and the steel Goat Mill Arch erected to mark the occasion.  Image by permission of http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/
Image: Detail of the Royal Visit to Dowlais in 1912 and the steel Goat Mill Arch erected to mark the occasion. Image by permission of http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/

During the same Royal Visit, a triumphant arch of locally mined coal had been erected. It had formed an entrance into Dowlais House, the former home of ironmaster John Josiah Guest and Lady Charlotte Guest, translator of the Mabinogion.

The Coal Arch - erected for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary in 1912. Image by permission of http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/
The Coal Arch – erected for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary in 1912. Image by permission of http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/
The Coal Arch was still standing in 1956, when a decision was made to demolish the structure. Image by permission of http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/
The Coal Arch was still standing in 1956, when a decision was made to demolish the structure. Image by permission of http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/

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