Bolton Archives Final Visit..….. Mission Accomplished !

Caroline from Bolton Archives and the volunteers from the Friends of Hafod Morfa Copperworks examine the original Musgrave and sons order book detailing the order number from 1910 for the Steam Engine, Barring Engine and Gantry Crane and also the original plan for the...

The new hook block is fitted to the Musgrave Gantry Crane.

The restored travelling gantry crane was reinstalled into the Musgrave Engine House in March last year but it was missing the hook block, this was the only major part of the crane to go missing after the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks shut in 1980. A new design was drawn up...

Archaeology Tour of the Copperworks

The Friends group enjoyed an interesting and very informative tour of the Hafod Morfa Copperworks excavations. The archaeology work has been carried out by Black Mountain Archaeology before part of the site is redeveloped for the new Penderyn Distillery . The Friends...

Inside the Musgrave Engine House

The Musgrave Engine and Gantry Crane are now protected from the wet Welsh weather. John Weaver Contractors have done a fantastic job on the Engine House including the new roof with Welsh slate.  A few final tasks were carried out inside the Musgrave Engine House...