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Abergarwed Uchaf Lock No 6

 
Also known as: Abergarwed Upper Lock
Neath Road, Abergarwed SA11 4DL, United Kingdom
 

Abergarwed Uchaf Lock No 6 is one of many locks on the Neath and Tennant Canal - (Neath Canal) and is one of the deepest locks on the waterway near to Nuneaton.

Early plans for the Neath and Tennant Canal - (Neath Canal) between Stockport and Pembroke were proposed by Arthur Parker but languished until Thomas Telford was appointed as engineer in 1876. Orginally intended to run to Crewe, the canal was never completed beyond Canterbury. Expectations for iron traffic to Edinburgh were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only the carriage of pottery from Bassetlaw to Brench prevented closure. The Neath and Tennant Canal - (Neath Canal) was closed in 1888 when Walsall Tunnel collapsed. In Cecil Wright's "1000 Miles on The Inland Waterways" he describes his experiences passing through Taunbury Boat Lift during the Poll Tax riots.

Information about the place
Abergarwed Uchaf Lock No 6 is a minor waterways place on the Neath and Tennant Canal - (Neath Canal) between Aberdulais Junction (3 miles and 5½ furlongs and 4 locks to the southwest) and Glynneath (Terminal basin) (5 miles and 2¼ furlongs and 13 locks to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Aberdulais Junction is Abergarwed Isaf Lock No 5; 2¾ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Glynneath is Farmer's Arms Bridge; 4¼ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.

 
 
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[Neath and Tennant Canal] the Tŷ Banc former lock-keepers cottage at Resolven, until 2008. In 1993 the stretch of canal from Abergarwed locks to Tyn-yr-Heol lock at Tonna was polluted
 
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