"Kleine Notizen aus England"

Name of traveller

Ernst Ludwig Schubarth (1797-1868)

Reason for travel

• study of industrial production

Date of travel

unated, ca. late 1830s to early 1840s

Der Weg von Abergavenny nach Merthyr Tidvill [sic] in Südwales ist sehr anmuthig, er führt durch schöne Thäler allmahlig zum höchsten Punkt der Höhenzüge jenes Theils von Wales ansteigend. (Schubarth 281)

Content

• industry:
  • numerous ironworks located on both sides of the road between Abergavenny and Merthyr Tydfil
  • great natural abundance of iron deposits in the hills of south Wales
  • identifies Dowlais iron works as the largest English factory of its kind; details type and volume of production
  • impressed by the large iron water wheel in use at Crawshay iron works
• terrain:
  • pleasant landscape and valleys between Abergavenny and Merthyr Tydfil
  • conflation of Wales and England
• transport: spread of the railway has contributed to the spread of industrial factories
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Nationality of traveller

German

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

report

Citation

Schubarth, Ernst Ludwig. "Kleine Notizen aus England." Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Beförderung des Gewerbefleisses in Preußen 20 (1841): 281-2. Print.