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Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
81751
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/2003
Date of Amendment
29/07/2003
Name of Property
Gethin Tramway Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Community
Troed-y-Rhiw
Town
Locality
Abercanaid
Easting
305790
Northing
203373
Street Side
Location
Situated at Gethin on the S side of Abercanaid just W of the former Glamorganshire canal.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Mid C19 tramway bridge to enable access for Gethin farm to its land, under the Gethin tramway incline. The tramway, built c1846/49, connected the two Crawshay collieries, Gethin No. 1 Pit (Lower Gethin) and Gethin No. 2 Pit. It permitted coal from either to be taken direct to Cyfarthfa Works (via No. 2 Pit) or via the Glamorganshire canal from the dock alongside No. 1 Pit.
Exterior
Narrow bridge with tall narrow arch (2.3m high, 2.9m wide and 9.9m deep), of rock-faced rubble stone with stringcourse over. Tall masonry revetment to side of sloping tramroad. No parapets.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved tramroad bridge of industrial archaeological interest, a now rare example of tramroad engineering in the region.
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