Swansea Docks-Swansea Canal page 4

Retired Section Swansea Docks

Swansea Canal – Photo Update
The following photographs were taken on the 26th September 2008 by Ivor Lewis and Ian Rogerson, kindly assisted by Mike Oliver who, as a young man some 40 years earlier, appears in two of the photos on the previous pages. The photos on this page show sections of the Swansea Canal that remain at Clydach and Pontardawe, and illustrate some of the changes that have taken place since Gareth Mills photographed the canal in the early 1960’s.

Clydach aquaduct, carrying canal over the Lower Clydach river.

Clydach aquaduct viewed from the opposite bank of the River Tawe.

Top of the Clydach aquaduct.

View downstream from Clydach aquaduct.

View upstream from the aquaduct.

View approaching the canal bridge at Clydach.

Bridge over the canal at Clydach.

Looking downstream from the canal bridge at Clydach.

Mond Nickel Works viewed from the canal bridge at Clydach.

View approaching the bridge at Herbert Street, Pontardawe.

Bridge over the canal at Herbert Street, Pontardawe.

Looking back towards the Herbert Street bridge, Pontardawe.

Swansea Canal and St Peters Church, Pontardawe.

Swansea Canal viewed from the bridge at Holly Street, Pontardawe.

Turning circle on the canal at Pontardawe.