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Bridge over Tennant Canal W of former Crown Copperworks

A Grade II Listed Building in Coedffranc (Coed-ffranc), Neath Port Talbot

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6542 / 51°39'14"N

Longitude: -3.8375 / 3°50'15"W

OS Eastings: 272980

OS Northings: 196640

OS Grid: SS729966

Mapcode National: GBR H1.6X18

Mapcode Global: VH4K5.FPM8

Plus Code: 9C3RM536+MX

Entry Name: Bridge over Tennant Canal W of former Crown Copperworks

Listing Date: 29 March 2000

Last Amended: 29 March 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 23069

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300023069

Location: Crossing the Tennant Canal S of the A465 and reached by minor road from Neath Abbey Industrial Estate. The bridge stands at the entrance to Gillard's vehicle spares.

County: Neath Port Talbot

Community: Coedffranc (Coed-ffranc)

Community: Coedffranc

Locality: Tennant Canal

Built-Up Area: Neath

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge

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History

The Tennant Canal was built 1820-4, engineered by William Kirkhouse. The head of the canal was at Aberdulais, where it joins the Neath Canal, and ended at Port Tennant on the E side of the River Tawe in Swansea. Traffic was carried on the canal until the 1930s. The bridge is probably an original feature of the canal and is shown on the 1844 Tithe map adjacent to the Crown Copperworks. Its flat deck suggests that it was built to carry a tramroad.

Exterior

A wide single-carriageway, single-span bridge of snecked stone. A segmental arch has tooled voussoirs. A low parapet retains some original copper slag copings but is otherwise replaced.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for group value with other listed items associated with the Tennant Canal.

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