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The Bute Ironworks were established by the Marquis of Bute in 1824 near Rhymney in Glamorganshire. It was managed initially by William Forman under the name of the South Wales Mining Company. The original plan was to build 24 furnaces in an Egyptian style. (Charles Davy in the Mechanics Magazine Aug. 2nd, 1828, pp1705, Six of these furnaces were built between 1824 and 1839. They were designed by John Macculloch and the decorative detail of the Bute Works were said to resemble the ruins of Dendera. Initially the economic circumstances of the time adversly effected their profitability. However after amalgamation with the Rhymney ironworks they started to flourish. A view of the ironworks was probably painted by Penry Williams around 1844. Littlewood K. (1999) National Library of Wales Journal Rhymney's Egyptian revival images and interpretations of the Bute Ironworks, Cyf.31, rh. Haf.

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