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Linear Feature, Tennant Canal

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 01070.00w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : St Thomas
Unitary authority : Swansea
NGR : SS6694992779
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL Canal
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
The Neath (01027.0w) and Tennant Canals provided twenty one miles of waterway from Aberdulais to Swansea and from Glynneath to Briton Ferry. The Tennant Canal, which was completed in 1824, was the second longest privately built canal in Britain.

Description :
The Neath and Tennant Canals provided twenty one miles of waterway from Aberdulais to Swansea and from Glynneath to Briton Ferry. The two canals were built separately, the Neath under Acts of Parliament of 1791 and 1793. The Tennant Canal, which was completed in 1824, was the second longest privately built canal in Britain. These waterways were vital to the industrial development of the Vale of Neath in the days before the railways. With their locks, bridges and associated buildings, the canals, which are currently being restored by the Neath and Tennant Canals Preservation Society, form both an important tourist attraction and major educational resource. (01)

Sources :
N Maylan , 2007 , Digital photographs (35)
N Maylan , 2007 , Digital photographs (87)
Wilkinson, P.F. and Owen John, H.S.. , 1989 , The A465 Aberdulais-Glynneath Improvement ( © GGAT)
02/Desc Text/Cadw/ Full Management Report/2005/Copy in further information file
01/Pm Desc Text/A465 Aberdulais - Glynneath Improvement: Archaeological Assessment/GGAT 1989/GGAT SMR Report Archive

Events :
E001074 : A465 ABERDULAIS-GLYNNEATH IMPROVEMENT (year : 1989)
E002334 : Neath Abbey Wharf (year : 2001)
E007840 : SA1 Port Tawe, Swansea (year : 2002)

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 2860w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01701.01w to 01701.32w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 02814.0w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 02850.0w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 556w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 559w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 3292w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 5296w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 1982w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 1027.13w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 02500.0m
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 1027.0w

Compiled date : 01-01-1995


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