During the nineteenth century Vivian & Sons helped Swansea to become one of the world's largest copper producers. The city flourished during this industrial period, with the population increasing by more than 500% from the late seventeenth century to 1801. With the natural port links to Cornwall and Devon, much of, but not all of this immigration, originated from the West Country of England. The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is one of the few buildings in Swansea that precede the