Lower Clydach Aqueduct
Dynamic Rock, Hebron Road, Clydach SA6 5EJ, United Kingdom
Lower Clydach Aqueduct carries a farm track over the Swansea Canal just past the junction with The Taunchester and Rochester Canal.
Early plans for the Swansea Canal between Castlebury and Ashfield were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Plymouth by Hugh Henshall but languished until Thomas Dadford was appointed as secretary to the board in 1876. From a junction with The River Don at Ambershampton the canal ran for 37 miles to Conway. Despite the claim in "By Piling Hook and Barge Pole Across The Country" by Nicholas Green, there is no evidence that Cecil Jones ever made a model of Sumerlease Embankment out of matchsticks live on television
Lower Clydach Aqueduct
is a minor waterways place
on the Swansea Canal between
Hebron Road Terminus (½ furlongs
to the southwest) and
Cilmaengwyn Terminus (5 miles and 3¼ furlongs
and 4 locks
to the northeast).
The nearest place in the direction of Cilmaengwyn Terminus is Pont John Bridge No 1;
¼ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here which takes a river under the canal.
| Hebron Road Terminus | ½ furlongs | |
| Lower Clydach Aqueduct | ||
| Pont John Bridge No 1 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Pont Nant Lowrog Bridge No 2 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Clydach Lock No 6 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Coed Gwyllym Bridge No 3 | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Lower Trebanos Lock No 8 | 1 mile, 6¼ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Hebron Road Terminus
Bowyer Arms Millers ArmsAmenities nearby at Pont John Bridge No 1
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[Swansea Canal]
Swansea, and an available labour force. The canal crosses the Lower Clydach River on an aqueduct, which discharges water into the river, and the watered section
[Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal]
Dadford stated that further money was needed to complete the section from Clydach to Brecon. Benjamin Outram was called in to inspect the work and to advise
[River Taff]
tributaries, such as the River Cynon, River Rhondda, Bargoed Taf and Nant Clydach. It flows through Pontypridd and through to Taff's Well, the site of Wales'
[Elan Valley Reservoirs]
is carried by gravity to Frankley Reservoir in Birmingham via the Elan aqueduct. Pumping is not required because the network drops 52 metres (171 ft) along
[Crumlin Arm (Monmouthshire canal)]
grass at the end of the present canal. The canal crosses the Pontywaun aqueduct and follow the side of the mountain above Crosskeys and Risca this section
[Pontymoile Basin]
Llangattock Gilwern Wharf Afon Clydach aqueduct A4077 Gilwern Bridge A465 Heads of the Valleys Road Llanwenarth aqueduct, Govilon former railway bridge
[Llangynidr]
canal has five locks and an aqueduct in the vicinity of the village. The village is notionally divided into Upper and Lower Llangynidr. The remains of
[Reservoirs of Wales]
coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 26 September 2020. "Blaen-y-cwm Reservoir; Blaen Clydach Reservoir-ii". coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 26 September 2020. "Llyn Brianne
[List of Roman-to-modern scheduled monuments in Carmarthenshire]
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[List of tunnels in the United Kingdom]
for motor vehicles only, for rail traffic, or for a canal. Some are aqueducts, constructed purely for carrying water—for consumption, for hydroelectric
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