Newtown Bridge, Ebbw Vale
From Graces Guide
also known as 'The Big Arch', Ebbw Vale.
This curious bridge is part of a masonry viaduct. The bridge, when built in 1813, crossed a tramroad which was converted to a road in 1975. The tramroad connected the Monmouthshire Canal with the Beaufort ironworks. It is unclear what the bridge originally carried or why it was so massive and grand.
At some point, possibly 1848, another viaduct with a series of narrow arches was superimposed, carrying a mineral line at higher level from Ebbw Vale ironworks to Sirhowy Ironworks. The workmanship of the superimposed structure is inferior to that of the original bridge.[1]
Photos here show the bridge before and after removal of the railway which passed through the arch.
See also Geograph entry.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 'Britain's Historic Railway Buildings' by Gordon Biddle, Oxford University Press, 2003