Neath and Tennant Canal
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The Neath and Tennant Canals are two independent but linked canals in South Wales that are usually regarded as a single canal. The Neath Canal was opened from Glynneath to Melincryddan, to the south o
The exit from Clun Isaf lock, restored in 2007
The Tennant Canal, beside the 12th century Neath Abbey
The Aberdulais Aqueduct carried the Tennant Canal over the river Neath, near the Aberdulais Tin Works
Construction of the west pier to support the new Ynysbwllog aqueduct
Thomas Dadford Jr.
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Thomas Dadford Jr. was an English canal engineer, who came from a family of canal engineers. He first worked with his father in the north of Britain on the Stour and the Trent, but later independently
Neath and Tennant Canal
…Among those attending was Lord Vernon, who had already built a short canal near Giant's Grave to connect the River Neath to furnaces at Penrhiwtyn. Thomas Dadford was asked to survey a course, and he was assisted by his father and brother. He proposed a route which required 22 locks, part of which was a conventional…
Dadford's aqueduct at Brynich carries the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal over the River Usk