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Shotton Steelworks

Shotton Steelworks Ambulance Room, 1947
A growing archive detailing the history of the sprawling site in old photos and coloured by the views of the people who worked there over the years.

History

A potted history of the steelworks.

Steelworks talk

Your stories & memories about life at the works.

Steelworks poem

Lucas Hughes: "Our cinder smoke day blown over now."

General photos

Aerial photos show the scale of the plant.

Transport

The different types of transport used around the site.

Shotton Jetty

The Queen's Ferry was one of the boats working on the Dee.

Workers

A big collection of photos of staff at work and play. Do you have others?

Locos - film 1

A works' film shot pre-nationalisation, focusing on the diesel engines that served the site.

Transport - film 2

Take a look at '60s life in the works with this film.

Your photos

Your photos to do with the works over the years.
Industrial Heritage


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