Spencer Steel Works, Newport was built from 1959 and was a massive endeavour, creating 15,000 jobs on site and enabling the massive expansion of nearby towns Caldicot and Cwmbran.
This set of four original black and white site photos, commissioned by the site surveyors, engineers and contractors are individually stamped on the back and numbered. They form part of a larger collection being showcased and sold by Moody Mabel. Each is framed with frame size 27 x 22cm.
The set comprises:
1 - Site photo 1962
2 - Finishing Mill photo 1962
3 - Hot Strip Mill photo 1964
4 - Blast Furnace controls photo 1962
Theses pictures are a cool historical record and are industrial chic personified.