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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Vale of Neath Railway (section Aberdare reopening)
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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Taff Vale Railway (redirect from Aberdare Railway Act 1845)
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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