Historic bridges · South Wales

Pont-y-Cafnau Bridge

In or near Maerdy.

Pont-y-Cafnau Bridge is a historic bridge in the United Kingdom.

Pont-y-Cafnau Bridge is a bridge in south. (Bridge in Wales.) According to Wikipedia: "The Pont-y-Cafnau, is a 14.2-metre (47 ft) long iron truss bridge over the River Taff in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The bridge was designed by Watkin George and built in 1793 for his employer, the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, to support both a tramway and an aqueduct to carry limestone and water into the works. A Grade II* listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, the Pont-y-Cafnau is the world's earliest surviving iron railway bridge."

Coordinates: 51.7546, -3.3956

Sources

osm: w1408277152 (ODbL)
wikipedia: Pont-y-Cafnau (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Pont y Cafnau iron rail bridge and aqueduct.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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