his history dates to the 1800s and southeastern wales in the united kingdom. there was an ironworks that was the main supplier of iron for the british industrial revolution era when richmond businessman wanted to begin an ironworks here they contacted engineers and millwrights to come over here and design their mills and ironworks here. francis dean, who started tredegar, had a good amount of imagination but not a good businessman. the company was running into financial trouble. they hired joseph anderson, a native of the county, a west point graduate and an engineer. he was brought in initially in 1841 as a purchasing agent, a sales manager but also running a lot of their financial books. within a couple of years he actually started to lease the entire operation from the stockholders. in 1849 he purchased the site outright and became the sole proprietor. when tredegar first started, present was a small industrial town. it had some industry, tredegar but as grew -- but as tredegar group, richmond group. by 1860 tredegar was the third-largest ironworks in unite

it's history goes back to southeastern wales in the united kingdom. when richmond businessman wanted to begin in ironworks era in richmond, they contacted engineers and millwrights to come over and design their rolling mill and ironworks here. tredegar hadtarted a good imagination. he was not a good businessman. they ran into financial trouble. a west point graduate was brought in initially in 1841 is a purchasing agent, kind of a sales managet

it existed in 1800 in southeastern wales and the united kingdom. it was one of the main suppliers of iron for the industrial revolution. en wantedmond businessma to begin in ironworks, they contacted millwrights over at tredegar to design their rolling mills and ironworks here. francis d and had a good imagination but was not a very good businessman. the company, after it was founded in 1837, was run into financial trouble. they hired a west point graduate and engineer, and he was brought kind of a sales manager but also running a lot of their financial books. within a couple of years, he had started to lease the entire works from stockholders. within a few years, he purchased it out right. when it started, richmond was a small industrial town. it had some industry, but as tredegar grew, richmond grew as an industrial hub to the point that it was the third-largest ironworks in the united states by 1860, the largest in the south, and richmond was the industrial health of what would become the southern confederacy. initially, the primary workforce wa

it's history goes back to southeastern wales in the united kingdom. when richmond businessman wanted to begin in ironworks era in richmond, they contacted engineers and millwrights to come over and design their rolling mill and ironworks here. tredegar hadtarted a good imagination. he was not a good businessman. they ran into financial trouble. a west point graduate was brought in initially in 1841 is a purchasing agent, kind of a sales manager but also running financial books. within a couple years, he started to least the operation from the stockholders and in 1849, he purchased the site out right and became the sole operator. began, richmond had some industry, but as tredegar group, it became an industrial hub. it was the largest in the south and richmond was the industrial hub of what would become the southern confederacy. initially, actually, the primary workforce was a lot of the welshman who came over and helped design it. that was the nucleus of the workforce. another side of the workforce was the industrial slaves. sometimes tredegar would pu

tredegar's history dates to 1800 in southeastern wales in the united kingdom. over there there was the tredegar ironworks one of the main suppliers of iron for the british industrial revolution. when richmond virginians wanted to begin ironworks here in richmond. they contacted tredegar there to design their rolling mills and ironworks here. francis dean, who started tredegar had good information but wasn't a good businessman. the company after it was founded in 1837 was running into financial trouble. they hide a west point graduate and an engineer. and he was brought in initially in 1841 as a purchasing agent, kind of a sales manager but also running a lot of their financial books. within a couple of years he had actually started to lease the entire operation from the stockholders in 1849 he purchased the site yut right and became the sole proprietor of when tredegar started operations richmond was a small industrial town. it had some industry. but as tredegar grew, richmond grew as an industrial hub to the point that by 1860 tredegar was the third largest ir

southeastern areas than today. it is likely to bring wet weather to the south and east. for many other areas, northern ireland, much of walescent day. a chilly start in some places. low—pressure could come close to scotland. but on balance it could remain in the north sea. there is the chance we will see some weather systems running along the south coast, again just posing the south coast, again just posing the risk of more persistent rain at times. plenty going on. day—to—day details will be fine tuning. looks like it will continue to be windy this evening. freezing, where's my cappuccino? it's expensive, there's water in the tap. why are you being so stingy, seriously? well, this is all to do with tonight's guest. he is playing a money pinching miser on stage. does he know we live? i'm herel'm chris rhys does he know we live? i'm herel'm chris rhstones. cheering -- griff rhys jones. wellcome, griff. you have a moustache. what do you think? nothing miserly about my moustache. don't break it, that's the most important thing. it's so big. when it came out, i was surprised myself. this is the genius of wax bust years ago, i u