Download or read book The Building Industry in the Upper Swansea Valley and Its Economic and Social Ramifications, C. 1750-1975 written by Robert Owen Roberts and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study starts with the economic history of the Upper Swansea Valley, including an account of the provision of the canal, tramroads and railways which made possible the extensive exploitation of the mineral resources of the district by firms large and small.