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[[Image:JD_Resolven11.jpg|thumb|The wording on the cast iron beam appears to read 'G. Hennet Btidgwater Iron Works A.D. 1848']]
[[Image:JD_Resolven11.jpg|thumb|The wording on the cast iron beam appears to read 'G. Hennet Btidgwater Iron Works A.D. 1848']]


in Resolven (Resolfen), Resolven, Neath, Neath Port Talbot
in Resolven (Resolfen), Neath, Neath Port Talbot


An unusual cast iron aqueduct carrying Clydach Brook over the former Neath Valley Railway line from Neath to Aberdare. Located in the centre of Resolven, immediately alongside Commercial Road (B4434).
An unusual cast iron aqueduct carrying Clydach Brook over the former Neath Valley Railway line from Neath to Aberdare. Located in the centre of Resolven, immediately alongside Commercial Road (B4434).

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The four inner ribs have a bulb section at the top, inverted T at the bottom. The outer beams are '[' shaped, with a wider bottom flange to accommodate tensile loading and to support the deck plates.
Having been forced to cross the railway, the brook is taking its revenge
Blind arches in the masonry abutment. Road bridge beyond
The wording on the cast iron beam appears to read 'G. Hennet Btidgwater Iron Works A.D. 1848'

in Resolven (Resolfen), Neath, Neath Port Talbot

An unusual cast iron aqueduct carrying Clydach Brook over the former Neath Valley Railway line from Neath to Aberdare. Located in the centre of Resolven, immediately alongside Commercial Road (B4434).

Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Iron Castings from George Hennet's Bridgwater Iron Works, 1849.

More details on British Listed Buildings website here

Note that there is another unusual iron aqueduct in Resolven, taking a stream over the Neath Canal - see Farmer's Arms Aqueduct.

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