Railways and Crisis at Dowlais, The 1840s

Edgar Jones

Chapter 4 in A History of GKN, 1987, pp 97-132 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In September 1837, Lady Charlotte Guest despaired of her husband’s resignation to the belief that their lease, which had a mere eleven years to run, would not be renewed. ‘At luncheon’, she recorded in her journal, ‘Merthyr again talked of renting some country place and weaning himself from Dowlais’.1 She observed that his resolve appeared to be weakening.2 he is the first in the Trade, perhaps I may say in any Trade, for the works are a wonder to all who see them. He feels that the lease is expiring, that other works are springing up, particularly Rhymney, with prospects of rivalling Dowlais, and that at fifty-two he has not the energy and activity to sustain a higher position than we have already gained.

Keywords: Blast Furnace; South Walis; Sanitary Condition; Black Bank; Iron Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-06629-2_4

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