
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Cambrian House. Built in 1854 for Thomas Spittle, who developed the Cambrian Foundry on a site later known as Spittle's Point. He also owned works on the east bank where three iron ships were launched.
Thomas Spittle was a prominent industrialist who developed the Cambrian Foundry and owned shipbuilding works, contributing significantly to the local economy through his enterprises in shipbuilding and ironworks.
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