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EBBW VALE, a seat of iron-works in the NW of Monmouth; in the vale of the western headstream of the Ebbw river, at the terminus of the branch railway of that vale, 21¾ miles NNW of Newport. It has a station on the railway with telegraph, and a post office‡ under Tredegar. The forges and the mills of its iron-works are admirably conducted; and these works, together with those of Victoria, 2¼ miles farther down the vale, employ about 9, 000 persons.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seat of iron-works" (ADL Feature Type: "industrial sites") |
| Administrative units: | Monmouthshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Ebbw Vale |
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