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| Burry Port & Gwendreath Valley Railway 1: The Canals | Author: Bowen R | £12.95
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£10.00 | | size: 210 x 148 | Published: 28/02/2002 | Pages: 184 | Pictures: 54 | | Available | Code: OA577 | |
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 | | A new vista on Welsh industrial history is to be opened with this account of the canal and railway history of the Gwendraeth Valley in West Wales. The complete evolution of railways is recorded from oxen-worked wooden Owaggon railroads' to modern diesel-hauled traffic. Four substantial canals fulfilled the needs of the expanding anthracite mining industry which was to become world renowned. The Kidwelly & Llanelly Canal & Tramroad Co. became the main waterway. From Burry Port it was carried over two substantial aqueducts and was lifted by three massive inclines to Cwmmawr. By 1866 this waterway was transformed into the Burry Port & Gwendreath Valley Railway Co, and early user of double-Fairlie locomotives. Although experiencing great operating difficulties because of the limited canal bridge clearances and constant flooding, the company became an efficient and immensely profitable passenger-carrying system. |
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