Blaenavon Iron and Coal Company
WEBBlaenavon Iron and Coal Company. In 1789 a lease for twentyone years at £1,300 a year was agreed upon between the landowner, Lord Abergavenny, and Hopkins, Thomas Hill, and Isaac and Benjamin Pratt, who then commenced to build the first purposebuilt multifurnace works in Wales. Three furnaces were constructed and by 1796 it was the second ...