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When King George V and Queen Mary visited the Dowlais Steelworks on 27th June 1912, they entered on foot through the 'Coal Arch' which had been specially constructed by Dowlais Work's craftsmen for the occasion. The Penywern Male Voice Choir entertained the Royal couple during their luncheon in Dowlais House. Afterwards the visitors saw, amongst other processes, the tapping of pig iron and the making of components for the Uganda Railway.
With their tour of the works completed the King and Queen emerged onto the Dowlais High Street through the 'Goat Mill' gate, which had been decorated into the form of a triumphal arch, festooned with manufactured components made of steel rails and steel sleepers twisted into shapes. The anchor and crowns were formed by polished rail crop ends and there was a model of the new blast furnace plant sitting in the centre. The footpath was crushed sand and gravel in the form of an anchor.
Source: Merthyr Tydfil Public Library (1991) "Valley views, book 3: industrial life of the valley".
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