Boom Town: How Merthyr Made the World
Boom Town: How Merthyr Made the World
Steffan Powell explores five key factors - geology, wealth, people, war and innovation - to reveal the remarkable story of how the small town of Merthyr Tydfil became the heart of the Industrial Revolution. Beneath Merthyr's streets and hillsides today lies a vanished world - ironworks, foundries and entire communities lost to time. Now, using cutting-edge technology, that world is being uncovered. Drones, LiDAR scanning, photogrammetry and AI reveal hidden tramroads, lost settlements and even forgotten voices from the past
Boom Town: How Merthyr Made the World airs on BBC One Wales at 9:00 PM, Tuesday 17 June. (Subtitles, regional interest, new.)
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Sophie Elwin Harris
Director
Louise Bray
Executive Producer