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    The Aberdare Canal (Welsh: Camlas Aberdâr) was a canal in Glamorgan, Wales which ran from Aberdare to a junction with the Glamorganshire Canal at Abercynon...
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    and Aberdare Canals (Volume 2). Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 1-903599-12-1. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glamorganshire Canal. Old...
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    Aberdare (/ˌæbərˈdɛər/ ab-ər-DAIR; Welsh: Aberdâr ) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare...
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  • James Dadford (category English canal engineers)
    Dadford were also canal engineers. Aberdare Canal List of canal engineers Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal system Charles Hadfield...
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    The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation)...
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  • Indeed, coal from Aberdare was hauled uphill by horse power in the Cynon Valley to cross to Glynneath for the canal. The Aberdare Canal was opened in 1812...
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    gauge) which ran from Hirwaun to the canal head at Cwmbach, south east of Aberdare. It was built by the Aberdare Canal & Navigation Company in 1811, and...
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    valleys, the village was undisturbed until the construction of the Aberdare Canal in 1818. This became disused in the early 1920s and was filled in as...
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    aspect of the site, which was acquired for £1,000, was bounded by the Aberdare Canal. The new building was the subject of a design competition which was...
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  • Thomas Dadford Jr. (category English canal engineers)
    Giant's Grave in 1798, and a new survey of the proposed route for the Aberdare Canal in 1800, amongst others. During his brief working life Thomas Dadford...
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    The Carlisle Canal opened in 1823, linking Carlisle to the Solway Firth, to facilitate the transport of goods to and from the city. It was a short-lived...
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    not directly linked to the canals: This area encompasses the tramroads associated with the Glamorganshire and Aberdare Canals, which ultimately led to Cardiff...
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  • Navigation-House, where this important line of communication is joined by the Aberdare Canal, and where barges are loaded with coal and iron for the port of Cardiff...
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    xliii)) Aberdare Canal Act 1924 14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. xxxv 14 July 1924 An Act to confirm the acquisition by the urban district councils of Aberdare and Mountain...
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  • the Aberdare Canal, to be replaced by George Overton. As part of the canal works, a free-standing metal rail bridge is built at Robertstown, Aberdare -...
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    as such. In 1885 they purchased the moribund Glamorganshire Canal and the Aberdare Canal, with the intention of converting them both into railway lines...
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    Britain, which met from 13 December 1792 until 21 June 1793. Basingstoke Canal Act 1778 (18 Geo. 3. c. 75) Relief of the Poor Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 83)...
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  • Docks and Piers Police (?–1949) Aberdare Canal Police (c.1846) Aire and Calder Navigation Police (1840–1948) Birmingham Canal Navigation Police (pre 1917...
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  • 'Long Bridge' at Risca, formerly part of the Monmouthshire Canal, is demolished. The Aberdare Canal is closed as economically unviable. A small zoo in Victoria...
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    building of the Aberdare canal which opened in May 1812, with traffic passing through the area now known as Cwmbach in order to reach the canal head further...
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    2022. Rowson, Stephen; Wright, Ian L. (2001). The Glamorganshire and Aberdare Canals (Volume 1). Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-9-X. Chapter...
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    maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Rowson, Stephen (2004). The Glamorganshire and Aberdare Canals (2004 ed.). Black Dwarf Publications. p. 352....
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    proprietors of the TVR responded by sponsoring the Aberdare Railway, a nominally independent company. The Aberdare Railway was incorporated on 31 July 1845 to...
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  • Charles. Rowson, Stephen; Wright, Ian L. (2004). The Glamorganshire and Aberdare Canals, Volume 2. Lydney: Black Dwarf. ISBN 1-903599-12-1. Wilson, William...
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    final length of the canal was 13.5 miles (21.7 km). From the northern terminus, a tramway connected the canal to iron works at Aberdare and Hirwaun. This...
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  • station served the town of Aberdare, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1904 to 1912 on the Aberdare Railway. The station was opened...
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    being at the junction of the Merthyr and Aberdare branches of the Glamorganshire Canal and the Merthyr and Aberdare branches of the Taff Vale Railway. For...
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  • Thomas Dadford (category English canal engineers)
    & Brecon Canal in the early 1790s, often working with his two sons. He worked on many canal projects, including the Neath and the Aberdare, in many of...
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  • Rowson, Stephen; Wright, Ian L. (2004). "13". The Glamorganshire and Aberdare Canals. Vol. 2. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 1-903599-12-1. Manvell...
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  • The Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company was a canal and railway company that operated a canal and a network of railways in the Western Valley and...
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