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Merthyr Tydfil
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Merthyr Tydfil (mûr`thər tĭd`vĭl), town (1981 pop. 38,893) and county borough, 43 sq mi (111 sq km), S Wales. Located on the Taff River, the town is connected to Cardiff by canal. It has ironworks and steelworks. After World War II, light industries were stressed to revive the economy. Textiles, clothing, and leather goods are also made. The name Merthyr Tydfil comes from the tale of the martyrdom of St. Tydfil, a Welsh princess killed in the 5th cent. Richard Trevithick Trevithick, Richard , 1771–1833, British engineer and inventor, b. Cornwall. He is known as the father of locomotive power because of his invention (1800) of the high-pressure steam engine.
..... Click the link for more information.  built the world's first steam railway locomotive there in 1804.
Merthyr Tydfil
1. a town in SE Wales, in Merthyr Tydfil county borough: formerly an important centre for the mining industry. Pop.: 30 483 (2001)
2. a county borough in SE Wales, created from part of N Mid Glamorgan in 1996. Pop.: 55 400 (2003 est.). Area: 111 sq. km (43 sq. miles)
Merthyr Tydfil 

a city in the Taff River valley, Glamorganshire, Wales. Population, 55,200 (1971). The coal and metallurgical industries, founded in the recent past, have now declined because of the exhaustion of a nearby iron-ore deposit. Local industries include the production of electrical equipment, toys and sporting goods, and knitwear and clothing.
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Penderyn was wrongly convicted of the attempted murder of soldier Donald Black during the Merthyr Riots of 1831.
Rhodri's tribute to 'martyr' by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
It is the latest in a series of union attacks on the Government In a speech to a rally in Cardiff to commemorate Dic Penderyn, sentenced to death for his part in the Merthyr Riots of 1831, Mr Touhig will attack Labour members ``queuing up to condemn Labour in government.
Warning to `awkward squad' unionleaders by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Mr Touhig was joined by other speakers, including the First Minister Rhodri Morgan, at the event in memory of Penderyn - also known as Richard Lewis - who was hung for his part in the 1831 Merthyr Riots.
Minister attacks Labour critics by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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