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Lower Clydach Aqueduct

 
Dynamic Rock, Hebron Road, Clydach SA6 5EJ, United Kingdom
 
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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.

 
 
Amenities

Amenities nearby at Hebron Road Terminus

 Bowyer Arms
 Millers Arms

Amenities nearby at Pont John Bridge No 1

 Somerfield - Clydach - Store# 2518
 SPAR
 Barclays
 Cashpoint
 Cashpoint
 HSBC
 
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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] CM210: Annell Aqueduct (lower section) coflein NPRN: not yet identified. DAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: CM211: Annell Aqueduct (upper section) [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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Swansea Canal - Wikipedia
The Swansea Canal (Welsh: Camlas Abertawe) was a canal constructed by the Swansea Canal Navigation Company between 1794 and 1798, running for 16.5 miles (26.6 km) from Swansea to Hen Neuadd, Abercraf in South Wales. It was steeply graded, and 36 locks were needed to enable it to rise 373 feet (114 m) over ...
Swansea Canal | Waterways map | Canal & River Trust
At the impressive Lower Clydach Aqueduct, you can see a grand meeting of the waters, where the canal joins with the Lower Clydach River and the River Tawe. If you want to explore the River Tawe further the Swansea Community Boat Trust runs trips, which explain the rich industrial past of the Swansea Valley and ...
Crumlin Arm (Monmouthshire canal) - Wikipedia
The canal crosses the Pontywaun aqueduct and follow the side of the mountain above Crosskeys and Risca this section is the longest lock-free pound on the system until the Fourteen Locks. The canal descends the fourteen locks and turns sharp along the hill side. The canal now flows next to the M4 into urban Newport to ...
Clydach Gorge, Monmouthshire, Wales
It forks after a few hundred feet - one branch continues along the tramway as it climbs the valley sides, while the other stays level, now running along a former aqueduct, and soon meets the river beside the Lower Clydach Falls, where the waters flow over two sets of cascades then into a deep, narrow section lined by sheer ...
Swansea - Swansea Canal
In-filling of much of the original canal has taken place in the past 50 years, and just five miles of the canal remains in water at the present time. The canal is navigable around Clydach and Pontardawe, where the Swansea Canal Society operates a boat trip. Look out for the Lower Clydach Aqueduct, an attractive crossing at ...
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Aug 3, 2015 ... Photo surveys of Dolarddyn Hall taken by RCAHMW in 1971 and 1983.C608232, 608243. Measured drawings of Dolarddyn Hall produced by Peter Smith, 1983. C608237. Additions to Photo survey showing the Lower Clydach aqueduct on the Swansea Canal. C602707. General Information Collection
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This is it, situated by Ynysmeudwy Lower Lock where Wright and Penry arrived shortly after leaving Pontardawe. The Lower and Upper lock were, Wright says, ' two of ..... Lower Clydach Aqueduct at Clydach. Grade 11 Listed single span masonry canal aqueduct carrying the Swansea Canal over the Lower Clydach River.
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