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Swansea Canal Waun Coed Branch Canal

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 01046.26w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Pontardawe
Unitary authority : Neath Port Talbot
NGR : SN7352305220
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL Canal
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
Branch canal coming of the Swansea Canal to service ironworks (PRN 01046.17w).

Description :
Branch canal coming of the Swansea Canal to service ironworks (PRN 01046.17w)

Built in 1828, joined a tramway from colleries at Gelli-nudd and Waun Coed to the Swansea Canal. Tramway ran down an incline, crossed the river and terminated at an ambitious wharf system including a dry dock for the repair of barges. The branch runs north-west for 300m and then curves to join the Swansea Canal.

Sources :
Geake H , 1990 , A4067 Swansea Valley Route Stage Three Pontardawe to Ynysmeudwy An archaeological Assessment. ( © GGAT)
01/map/OS/1878

Events :
E001075 : A4067 SWANSEA VALLEY ROUTE PONTARDAWE TO YNYSMEUDWY (year : 1990)

Related records
National Monuments Record NPRN 34490 http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/34490/details
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01046.17w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01699.0w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01046.13w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01615w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 02655w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 02656w

Compiled date : 08-03-1998


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