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© Bersham Heritage Centre
Look at the old photo of Brymbo in 1885. Can you see three blast furnaces? They are all slightly different.
A Old No.1 blast furnace
B Charging wall (for access to top of blast furnace)
C Slack washer (for cleaning coal before it goes to the coke ovens)
D Blast engine house chimney
E No.2 blast furnace
F No.3 blast furnace
G Boiler house chimney
H Ore bridge with coke ovens behind
I Davy engine house for No.3 blast furnace
J Gas pipes from furnace stack to boilers
K Pig beds
L Foundry office
M Top foundry
N Foundry and pattern makers workshop
O Workshops
P Bottom foundry
Q Foundry yard
R Ingot moulds
S Foundry products
T Slag baskets (for taking slag for tipping)










