page_title: Pen-y-cae, Wrexham
section_title: Industry/employment
hierarchical_section_title: Pen-y-cae, Wrexham / Industry/employment
caption_attribution_description: English: Original photograph taken by John Haynes, October 2005 The upper reservoir at Penycae, Wrexham
context_page_description: Pen-y-cae is a village and a local government community, the lowest tier of Welsh local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 3,389. It adjoins the larger village of Rhosllanerchrugog.
context_section_description: Coal was extracted from pits at Plas Bennion, Wynn Hall, Afon Eitha, Cristionydd, Groes and Plas Isaf; zinc was worked at Copperas. The area descending towards Acrefair was known as "The Delph", it was served by extensions of the Ruabon Brook Tramway but these were mostly defunct by the mid-20th century.
  Most inhabitants find employment outside the village in Wrexham with only a few local shops or public buildings providing jobs.
  Dee Valley Water operates two reservoirs in Pen-y-cae: Pen-y-cae Upper and Pen-y-cae Lower.
caption: The Pen-y-cae Upper Reservoir
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