11202

 

II  

 

26/10/1979  

20/12/2002  

CWMDDU OUTFALL & OVERFLOW SLUICE ON SWANSEA CANAL,,,,,WEST GLAMORGAN,  

 

Castell-nedd Port Talbot  

Ystalyfera  

 

Ynysmeudwy  

274150  

205805  

 

Situated on the SE side of the Swansea Canal approximately 50m SE of the Cwm Du bridge carrying the A4067 over the canal.  

Cludiant  

 

Late C18 outfall and overflow sluice on Swansea Canal. Covered and possibly modified in late C20. The 16-mile Swansea Canal was opened in 1798 to Hen Neuadd, Abercraf, declined after the railway opened in 1852 and closed in 1931  

Said to consist of two chambers, the first described in the 1979 listing, is a stone lined overflow chamber with dividing wall with 4 stop planks and paddle apparatus built on the canal side of it. This chamber is now covered with metal plates surrmounted by a black painted metal control box. The second on the SE side of dividing wall is visible although covered with a metal grid. This is chamber faced with stone with a bow-shaped end wall with small arched outlet.  

 

Included for its group value with Cwm Du Aqueduct and Ynysmeudwy Uchaf Bridge.