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| South Wales was the source
of much emigration to America in the 19th Century. The Iron Masters had
been exploiting the local iron ore reserves since around 1750 and Britain's
Industrial Revolution was fuelled by the later development of the South
Wales coalfield. South Wales had a pool of men skilled in metallurgy and
mining and men like these would find ready employment in places like
distant Scranton, Pennsylvania. This map is designed to help researchers
(especially those in the field of family history) but because of the design
limitations imposed by the need to minimise the file size, it must be regarded
as a schematic.
Data Wales MAPS / Data Wales Index |
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