Newtown Bridge, Ebbw Vale
From Graces Guide
also known as 'The Big Arch', Ebbw Vale.
This curious bridge is part of a masonry viaduct. The bridge, when built in 1813, crossed a tramroad which was converted to a road in 1975. The tramroad connected the Monmouthshire Canal with the Beaufort ironworks.
Originally it carried a tramroad to the furnace tops.
At some point, possibly 1848, another viaduct with eight narrow arches was superimposed, carrying a mineral line at higher level from Ebbw Vale ironworks to Sirhowy Ironworks. The workmanship of the superimposed structure is inferior to that of the original bridge.[1]
Photos here show the bridge before and after removal of the railway which passed through the arch.
See also Geograph entry.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 'Britain's Historic Railway Buildings' by Gordon Biddle, Oxford University Press, 2003