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Suspension bridge at Abercamlais

A Grade II Listed Building in Trallong, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9503 / 51°57'1"N

Longitude: -3.5056 / 3°30'20"W

OS Eastings: 296622

OS Northings: 229052

OS Grid: SN966290

Mapcode National: GBR YJ.M92S

Mapcode Global: VH5FG.672Q

Plus Code: 9C3RXF2V+4Q

Entry Name: Suspension bridge at Abercamlais

Listing Date: 17 January 1963

Last Amended: 27 May 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6788

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300006788

Location: Situated downstream of Abercamlais Bridge, across the Usk.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Trallong

Community: Trallong

Locality: Abercamlais

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Mid-to later C19 iron suspension bridge over the Usk, said to have been built by one of the Baileys of Glanusk, to a remarkable design with minimal ironwork.

Exterior

Suspension bridge, of iron rods with thin flat iron strip for the decking. Two long iron rods each side, bolted to cast-iron posts each end, with thick wire hangers wound around both rods and then continued down to carry flat pieces of iron under the decking. The decking is of four parallel strips of iron.
The cast-iron posts are thin, splayed away from each other and joined at the tops by a hooped piece of iron rod. Each post has four holes, two for the main rods, and two for diagonal outer rods that run parallel into the ground, the upper ends bolted just below each of the main rods.
Iron gate at S end.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special historic interest as a remarkable piece of Victorian engineering on a minimal scale.

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