On Monday, as the blast furnaces were being shut down for the last time, Tata steelworker Cassius Walker-Hunt labelled the moment as the “the dragon’s final breath”.
“Let’s remember the legacy it leaves behind,” he said.
Fellow worker Adam Beechey said he hoped there was a future for steel work in Port Talbot.
“It’s not nice. When I took this job it was a job for life in my head,” said Mr Beechey, whose family – going back to his great-grandfather – worked in steelmaking.
However, not everyone in Port Talbot was unhappy to see the steelworks close.
One woman, who did not want her name used, told Wales she is “glad” to see the site close because of “all the dust we’ve been living with”.
Another woman, Charlotte Rodgerson, said the “terrible” dust has meant her children have been in and out of hospital with chest problems since moving to the town.
“It’s just awful and the smell is disgusting,” she added.
