:Pontardawe Tinplate Works

{{Short description|Former tinplate works in Pontardawe, Wales}}

Pontardawe Tinplate Works was a tinplate works in Pontardawe, Wales. The factory was founded in 1843 by William Parsons,{{cite book |title=A guide to the industrial archaeology of the Swansea region |last=Hughes |first=Stephen |author2=P. R. Reynolds |page=21 |year=1988 |publisher=Association for Industrial Archaeology in association with the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and the South West Wales Industrial Archaeology Society |isbn=978-0-9508448-2-4 }} as the Primrose Forge and Tinplate Works. In 1861, it was leased from him by William Gilbertson, by which time it comprised nine mills.{{cite book |title=The letter-books of W. Gilbertson & Co. Ltd., Pontardawe 1890-1929 |last=Jackson |first=P. W. |page=8 |year=2001 |publisher=South Wales Record Society |isbn=978-0-9521783-8-5 }} The workforce was largely recruited from amongst mainly Welsh-speaking{{cite book |title=The Welsh language and the 1891 census |last=Parry |first=Gwenfair |author2=Mari A. Williams |page=469 |year=1999 |publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=978-0-7083-1536-1 }} former coal miners after local seams had been exhausted.{{cite book |title=The British tinplate industry, a history |last=Minchinton |first=Walter E. |page=109 |year=1957 |publisher=Clarendon Press |oclc=1815254 }}

The site of the works is now occupied by Cwmtawe Community School, Pontardawe Leisure Centre with the associated Ynysderw Playing Fields, and several stores.