The original town Gas Works was established in Park Avenue in 1838, reasonably convenient for the harbour through which coal was imported. The works moved out of town alongside the railway in about 1900, but the offices, revamped at about the same time, remained. The offices are now a bike showroom. The facade formerly had the name Aberystwyth Gas Company across its fascia. In a gross act of vandalism this was chiselled off before the present sign was erected.
There were other iron foundries in the town besides Green's, particularly the Rheidol Foundry, further along Park Avenue, and William Metcalfe's Foundry, behind the present day-centre. William Metcalfe later moved to Manchester and co-founded the firm of Davies & Metcalfe, valve manufacturers.
Right along Park Avenue and across the pedestrian crossing
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