Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
80964
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/03/2003
Date of Amendment
11/03/2003
Name of Property
Aqueduct on Dowlais Free Drainage System
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Community
Pant
Town
Locality
Pengarnddu
Easting
307440
Northing
208380
Street Side
Location
Description
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Period
History
Aqueduct built 1860/1865 on Dowlais Free Drainage System to carry watercourse to nearby reservoir over access way to common.
Exterior
Aqueduct, grey stone, segmental arch approximately 2.4m high and 1.4m span with stone voussoirs. Angled wing-walls and buttresses in stone with soffit in red brick. Parapets repaired with cement. Watercourse some 1m wide lined with brick. Tunnel some 4m long, the N side being part buried in overburden in 1979.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as part of the historically important Dowlais Free Drainage System.
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