From Fabian's Bay to Fabian Way: The Development of Kilvey, St. Thomas, Danygraig, and Port Tennant in Victorian Swansea

Whenever Swansea's industrial past is written about, it is the copper industry, including Hafod, Landore and Morriston that is the inevitable topic of discussion. However, since the mid-1800s it was the Eastside of Swansea, more than any other area, that carried the town's growth on its back and yet it hardly, if ever, gets a mention.

Across the river from the Morfa and the massive Vivian Works, the Eastside had four copper works and was the destination of two vitally important canals that b...