Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
23068
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/01/1989
Date of Amendment
29/03/2000
Name of Property
Neath River swing bridge (partly in Neath and Briton Ferry Communities)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Coedffranc
Town
Locality
River Neath
Easting
273003
Northing
196370
Street Side
W
Location
Spanning the River Neath approximately 1km S of Skewen village.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway was incorporated in 1882 but was not completed until 1900, the original plans having been extensively modified. The line between Neath and Swansea, crossing the River Neath, was authorised in 1892. The bridge was built 1892-4 with a swing portion of 52 metres and a gross weight of 1422 tonnes. The chief engineer was S.W. Yockney, the resident engineer was F.E. Goldwyre and the contractor was George Palmer. Steelwork was supplied by Finch & Co of Chepstow. It was originally hydraulically operated, the machinery supplied by William Armstrong of Newcastle, but is now fixed.
Exterior
The slightly curved plate-girder deck has 5 fixed spans on round steel cylinders sunk into the river bed. The central movable span comprises a parabolic lattice girder truss with Pratt truss diagonal members. The structure rests on a cast iron roller race containing the operating mechanism which is carried on smaller steel cylinders.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for industrial archaeological interest as the only oblique swing bridge in Britain.
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