30) Tata Steel works from Tydraw Hill. Line and Wash

The steel works had already featured in the background of a couple of earlier sketches, but it was high time that I produced a sketch in which the steelworks was the star. Put simply, if you want to show Port Talbot, then sooner or later you have to show the steelworks. It’s not overstating the case to say that the steelworks has been absolutely vital to the town for well over a century now. I made this sketch standing on the top road from Taibach to Cwmavon in the Afan Valley. It’s a great vantage point, and this was only the first sketch I made from this position.