4/5 Pete / H. 6 months ago on Google • 565 reviews
Another
site
with
so
much
history
not
being
looked
after,
but
definitely
worth
a
visit,
you
can
park
right
by
it,
(there's
a
pub
there)
but
the
best
place
to
see
it
is
over
the
other
side,
where
you
can
actually
get
on
it,
just
a
short
walk
to
the
canal
basin.
The
Aberdulais
Aqueduct,
a
ten
arch
aqueduct
which
lies
parallel
to
a
railway
bridge,
built
in
1851
by
Brunel
for
the
Vale
of
Neath
Railway.
Originally
timber,
this
was
rebuilt
in
stone
in
the
1880s.
The
aqueduct
was
constructed
in
1823
to
complete
the
Tennant
Canal
and
was
engineered
by
William
Kirkhouse.
The
structure
is
130
metres
(340
ft)
and
is
carried
on
ten
masonry
arches.
To
the
north-west
it
is
continued
through
a
cast-iron
trough
over
an
earlier
navigable
cut.
The
aqueduct
is
the
longest
canal
aqueduct
in
South
Wales
but
it
is
a
very
traditional
British
narrow-canal
type.
The
basin
contains
remains
of
sunken
boats
and
at
the
north
there
is
a
buried
dry
dock
by
a
slip-way.
At
the
junction
of
the
Tennant
and
Neath
canals
there
is
a
roving
bridge,
which
is
known
as
Pont
Gam
(crooked
bridge).
The
bridge's
flanking
walls
are
carried
on
a
corbelled
series
of
masonry
courses.
The
only
lock
on
the
canal's
main
line
is
south
of
the
aqueduct
with
an
office
and
lock-keepers
house.