Amlwch Port, Anglesey enlarged & developed from late 1700s to process & export copper & other minerals from the Parys Mountain mines visible to rear.

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Amlwch Port was enlarged & developed from the late 1700s to process & export copper & other minerals from the Parys Mountain mines seen to rear. By 1816 c. 40 vessels could shelter within the port & a town of some 5000 souls had grown up from a small fishing hamlet. Watch House & pier with ore storage bins to rear along harbour on L. Imports included scrap iron for use in yellow ochre production & tobacco leaf to make snuff & smoking mixtures. As the copper mines declined shipbuilding took over.

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Size: 5943px × 4486px
Location: Amlwch Port, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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