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The Dowlais Great White Tip

Merthyr Tydfil

 

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The White Tip

Also known as The Dowlais Great Tip, It dominated Merthyr for many years. It was removed during  the 1970's

 
The Great White Tip.

Merthyr from the White Tip - 1960s.

(Photograph courtesy of John Williams)

 

Dowlais, Goat Mill Road from the White Tip - 1960s.

On the left of the picture is the Croda Packaging Works. The white building next to it is Kayser Bondor and the red bricked building on the right is Delberrys formerly Jones Dickinson, cake manufacturers.

(Photograph courtesy of John Williams)

Slag straight from the pots on the top of the White Tip.

(Photograph courtesy of John Williams)

 

 

Merthyr Express article by Gerard Kiley.

(Reproduced here with his kind permission)

 

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