A print from a disbound book of England & Wales published 1900. Blank on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold.
Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.75" x 8.25" or 27.5cm x 21cm, including text and border.
Average image size approx 9" x 6.5" or 22.5cm x 16.5cm
This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.
1900 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier.
All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.
While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.
Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)
SWANSEA.
This is the great metallurgical capital of South Wales, occupying the centre of Swansea Bay, on both banks of the mouth of the river Tawe. The docks contain a very extensive area of water, and the trade of the port is very great, chiefly connected with the metal industries. A great part of the copper ore of the world comes to Swansea to be smelted and worked; and the exports comprise an enormous tonnage of coal and various manufactured metals; especially copper, steel, zinc, and tin plates. The various works extend for miles up the banks of the Tawe, and produce a dense cloud of smoke which nearly always hangs over the valley. The same is in great measure true of Neath, hard by in the same bay; but within a few miles of both may be found clear air and most beautiful scenery.