Pontrhydyfen Railway Viaduct

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NPRN166
Map ReferenceSS79SE
Grid ReferenceSS7929094140
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNeath Port Talbot
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityCwmavon
Type Of SiteVIADUCT
PeriodPost Medieval, 19th Century
Description
Pontrhydyfen Railway Viaduct is a ten-arch viaduct which carried the South Wales Mineral Railway Junction line of the Port Talbot Railway & Dock company. The structure has brick abutments and piers with semicircular brick arches. The viaduct was constructed from 1897 to 1898 and it closed in 1964.

Source:
Stephen Hughes and Paul Reynolds (1989) 'A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the Swansea Region' Association for Industrial Archaeology.

RCAHMW, 20 October 2011.