Swansea Vale Railway nineteenth century, when land transport was limited to what pack animals could carry on their backs. At that time the extraction of copper in Cornwall became an important industry, and as a great deal of coal is required to smelt copper, it became the practice to bring the copper to Swansea by ship and smelt it there. This specific sector of the metal industry became so dominant that Swansea was given the nickname "Copperopolis". The works engaged in this industry were located on the banks of the River Tawe at first, but the construction of the Swansea Canal, opened in
That's Swansea Bay output without charge to the BBC. Bay TV Swansea was awarded its broadcasting licence from the Office of Communications (Ofcom) in January 2014.. Programmes include shared series with other local TV channels and the syndicated series "Walks Around Britain". That's Swansea Bay That's Swansea Bay is a British local television station which broadcasts to the Swansea Bay area of West Wales via the Kilvey Hill transmitting station. The station went on air in July 2016 making it the second local television station in Wales after Made in Cardiff. Bay TV Swansea is based on the University of Wales Trinity Saint