The Swansea Canal (Welsh: Camlas Abertawe) was a canal constructed by the Swansea Canal Navigation Company between 1794 and 1798, running for 16.5 miles (26.6 km) from Swansea to Hen Neuadd, Abercraf in South Wales. It was steeply graded, and 36 locks were needed to enable it to rise 373 feet (114 m) over its length. The main cargos were coal, iron and steel, and the enterprise was profitable.
Sold to the Great Western Railway in 1873, it continued to make a profit until 1895. A period of decline followed, with the last commercial traffic using the waterway in 1931. Subsequently, parts of it were closed and filled in under a succession of owners, but around 5 miles (8.0 km) remain in water. The Swansea Canal Society, formed in 1981, is actively involved in plans for its restoration.
The SwanseaCanal (Welsh: Camlas Abertawe) was a canal constructed by the SwanseaCanal Navigation Company between 1794 and 1798, running for 16.5 miles...
River Tawe at Swansea docks. In order to increase trade, he built an extension to Aberdulais basin, where it linked to the Neath Canal. The extension...
and Tennant Canal, which led to Neath and Port Tennant for the Swansea docks: This canal led up the Tawe valley north-east from Swansea: A number of...
Map of South Wales. By 1796, the SwanseaCanal had connected Pontardawe with Swansea Docks. Accessibility by canal enabled the industrial development...
railway line between Swansea and Oystermouth in South Wales, for the transport of quarried materials to and from the SwanseaCanal and the harbour at the...
iron-making and there is plenty of the industrial heritage surviving; the SwanseaCanal was built along the valley in the late 18th century to serve the nascent...
South Wales, for transportation of quarried materials to and from the SwanseaCanal and the harbour at the mouth of the River Tawe and in the autumn of...
of the former Swansea Canal. Ystradgynlais has a bus station, served hourly by the First Cymru-operated X6 to and from Swansea, as well as the long-distance...
The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation)...
Swansea Docks is the collective name for several docks in Swansea, Wales, which are immediately south-east of Swansea city centre. In the mid-19th century...
fresh food. The nearby Swansea Enterprise Park comprises national chains. Morriston was originally located next to the SwanseaCanal, which, along with the...
the construction of three canals within Glamorgan, the Glamorganshire Canal (1790), Neath Canal (1791) and the SwanseaCanal (1794). All three were vital...
extended the tramroad down to the SwanseaCanal at Gwaun-clawdd; he acquired a further colliery near there, as well as 24 canal barges. These acquisitions over-extended...
electoral wards in Swansea includes council wards in City and County of Swansea, Wales, which elect councillors to City and County of Swansea Council. The county...
hill and two major inclines link this high-level network to the former SwanseaCanal in the Tawe valley below. The remains of numerous lime kilns can also...
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Valley. Coal was moved from mines on tramways to canals such as the SwanseaCanal and Glamorganshire Canal. These were supplemented, and then superseded...
both the main Brecon to SwanseaCanal which was navigable until the late 1950s and a Swansea Valley railway line. The canal was filled in and covered...
the canal themselves. Despite these setbacks, Sheasby returned to work. He began by assisting Charles Roberts as an engineer on the SwanseaCanal. Sheasby...
The Swansea Vale Railway (SVR) was a railway line connecting the port of Swansea in South Wales to industries and coalfields along the River Tawe on the...
September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019. Historic England. "Nottingham CanalSwansea Bridge (1248333)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21...
to the SwanseaCanal at Cae'r Lan near Abercraf. During the 1820s he was a major shipper of coal on the canal which was shipped through Swansea.[citation...
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