Swansea and Port Talbot Docks History

New Cut Road and Rail Bridges

Wooden double bascule railway bridge and road swing bridge over the New Cut


New Cut toll House, 1849


The swing bridge over the New Cut built in 1897 before the introduction of the trams


New Cut swingbridge from west side


Loco crossing east end of new cut swingbridge


New Cut road and rail bridges


New Cut high level rail drawbridge - note the Pillars


Replacing the swingbridge, 1962


New Cut bridge, opened 1962


The pillars that supported the high-level railway drawbridge still stand today in the River Tawe


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