Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Aberdulais Aqueduct and Viaduct

From Graces Guide
Railway viaduct in foreground, canal aqueduct behind

Canal aqueduct and a parallel railway viaduct over the River Dulais

Aberdulais Tinworks and Waterfall are a short distance upstream.

1876 'ABERDYLAIS. The water from the river rose to such an extraordinary height that it passed over the canal aqueduct, the arches being quite unable to take the immense volume of water which poured down the Dylais river. All the houses in the lower grounds were inundated, and the gardens completely ruined. No accdent to life has been reported from the district.'[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. Western Mail, 10 October 1876