The Afan Valley

Port Talbot

Port Talbot Steelworks '901'

Port Talbot Steelworks '901'

Cymmer

Gelli Crossing, GWR, Cymmer	GWR notice, Gelli Crossing	GWR iron bridge, Gelli	Gelli miners cottages, Cymmer
GWR stone bridge, Gelli	GWR stone bridge, Gelli	Gelli tunnel, RSBR, Cymmer	Gelli Viaduct, RSBR, Cymmer
Gelli Viaduct, RSBR, Cymmer	Culvert under GWR at Cymmer	RSBR bridge, Cwmmer	GWR bridge, Cymmer
Cymmer Afan Station	Cymmer Afan Station	GWR Viaduct, Cymmer	GWR Viaduct, Cymmer

Blaengwynfi

Trackbed towards Blaengwynfi

Blaengwynfi quarry

Glyncorrwg Pits bridge

Blaengwynfi station site

Abergwynfi - SS 9006 9611

Avon Colliery had a long tramway running up the hillside to Avon Level Collieries. At one point it crossed the River Afan on a rather flimsy viaduct. Ceri Jones took these photos of the remains c2019.

Abergwynfi Colliery branch	Avon Colliery tramway, Abergwynfi	Avon Colliery tramway, Abergwynfi	Avon Colliery tramway, Abergwynfi
Avon Colliery tramway, Abergwynfi	Avon Colliery tramway, Abergwynfi	Avon Colliery tramway, Abergwynfi	Avon Colliery tramway, Abergwynfi

Cwm Pelenna Colliery - SS 8169 9720

The ventilation furnace, flue and chimney at Cwm Pelenna were connected with the Fforch-dwm level, driven by Robert Parsons and Charles Strange in the late 1830s. The colliery was re-worked from the 1890s as the Mercantile Colliery, then the Blaenmawr Navigation Colliery, the Garth Level, and finally by the National Coal Board as Garth Tonmawr Colliery until closure in 1964.
Thanks to Gwyn Jenkins for the photos and info.

Cwm Pelenna Colliery ventilation flue	Cwm Pelenna Colliery ventilation flue	Cwm Pelenna Colliery ventilation flue
Garth Colliery ventilation flue	Mercantile Colliery, 1914	Garth No 1 Colliery, 1948

Swansea

Morfa Copperworks - SS 6610 9520

Morfa Copperworks was opened in 1835 by 'Williams Foster & Co' and combined with the Hafod Copperworks in 1924 to form 'British Copper Manufacturers' and copper smelting stopped. The combined works became the 'Yorkshire Imperial Metals Ltd' in 1957 and the rolling Mills finally closed in 1980. The site is now a 'park-and-ride' and the buildings are being re-developed.

Morfa Copperworks looking up river in 1865

Morfa Copperworks powerhouse

Morfa Copperworks rolling mill

Hafod Copperworks - SS 6615 9497

Hafod Copperworks was started by 'Vivian & Sons' in 1810, combining with the adjacent Morfa Copperworks in 1924. Two engine houses and their chimneys survive, one containing its'Musgrave' engine. this engine drove the rope race outside which powered the rolling mills. Further down the riverbank is the 'V & S Ltd No 1 shed', the main locomotive shed for the complex but the structure is cuerrectly surrounded by scaffolding.

Hafod Copperworks	Hafod Copperworks	Hafod Copperworks engine houses	Hafod Copperworks rope race
Hafod Copperworks engine houses	Hafod Copperworks engine houses	Hafod Copperworks chimneys	Hafod Copperworks ferry steps
Hafod Copperworks engine shed	Hafod Copperworks canal bank	Hafod Copperworks tip tramway	Hafod Copperworks tip tramway

Swansea Canal - SS 6610 9507

The Swansea Canal opened in 1796, traffic not finally ceasing until 1931. The bridge over the canal led from the Hafod Copperworks to the office block. The limekiln is shown on the 1875 OS map.

Swansea Canal bridge

Swansea Canal bridge approach

Limekiln beside the Swansea Canal

Limekiln beside the Swansea Canal

White Rock Copperworks - SS 6625 9480

White Rock Copperworks, the third oldest of the Swansea copperworks, was established in 1737, closing in 1924, Even though much of the site was cleared and covered over in the 1960s, there are still remains worth seeing. These include the river dock, the canal dock, the incline to the tip and some of the 'Great Workhouse'.

White Rock tip tramway	White Rock tip tramway	White Rock tip tramway	White Rock tip tramway
White Rock tip tramway	White Rock lead smelter	White Rock arsenic flue	White Rock arsenic flue
White Rock Great Workhouse	White Rock Great Workhouse	White Rock Great Workhouse	White Rock Copperworks dock
White Rock Copperworks dock	White Rock Copperworks dock	White Rock lower quay	White Rock upper quay
White Rock upper quay	White Rock upper quay crane	White Rock upper quay tunnels

Llansamlet Canal (Smiths Canal), White Rock - SS 6636 9475

The Llansamlet Canal, or Smiths Canal, was opened in c1784 from Llansamlet to Foxhole. It was the main supplier of coal to the White Rock Copperworks where there was a basin and a covered way or tunnel under the Great Workhouse with access points into the work area. The main line of the canal probably closed c1850.

Smiths Canal at the Copperworks	Smiths Canal at the Copperworks	Smiths Canal at the Copperworks	Smiths Canal at the Copperworks
Smiths Canal at the Copperworks	Smiths Canal tunnel	Smiths Canal tunnel	Smiths Canal tunnel
Smiths Canal tunnel	Smiths Canal tunnel		East Dock, Swansea, 1964

The Swansea and Mumbles Railway

The Swansea and Mumbles Railway (earlier 'The Oystermouth Railway') opened in 1806 to transport limestone for building Swansea. Passenger traffic began in 1807, worked by horses until 1877 when steam locos took over. The line was electrified in 1929 and closed in 1960.

Swansea and Mumbles Railway

Swansea and Mumbles Railway

Swansea and Mumbles Railway

Swansea and Mumbles Railway

The Gower Peninsular

Bishopston Lead Mines

All-Slade Mine - SS 5851 8748

All-Slade Mine was first recorded working in the late 1700s when twas said to have made a profit of £12,000 but it's probably older than that. Active again for three years from about 1810, the mine is mentioned in "A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, London, 1811", which says :- "There is a Lead mine in a Valley in this Parish, called All Slade, about a quarter of a mile from the Sea-shore. This Mine was re-opened about two years ago, and some Tons of Ore of a good quality were raised from it, but it was again dropped, either for want of Capital or Spirit in the Adventurers. Several Implements of the ancient Miners were discovered upon reopening it, which occasioned an idea that they perished in the Mine, but no remains of them were found." The mine was finally reopened as the Bishopston Silver-Lead Mine from 1850-53 with workings only reaching 14 fathoms below the deep level; reports in the Mining Journal state that the pump was never able to adequately cope with the influx of water. The only recorded output was 10 tons of lead ore in 1853.

Long Ash Mine - SS 5742 8862

Long Ash lead Mine was opened in 1852 but there was very little ore and it soon ceased work.

Pwll Du Quarry - SS 5851 8748

Pwll Ddu Quarry dates back to the 1600s and closed c1900. The quarry was let to individuals who managed their own section. The stone was piled on the beach to await shipping only in the Summer months.

All Slade mine information	All Slade mine, Brandy Cove	All Slade mine, Brandy Cove
Guzzle Hole, Bishopston	Guzzle Hole, Bishopston	Guzzle Hole, Bishopston
Long Ash mine, Bishopston	Long Ash mine, Bishopston	Long Ash mine, Bishopston	Pwll Du Quarry, Bishopston

Port Eynon

Saltworks and quarries

I wasn't expecting to find much old industry along the Gower coast but there turned out to be quite a few quarries, limekilns and this saltworks dotted about the coastal path.
The buildings date from the early 1600s and were soon extended to become a saltworks. This didn't last much after 1700, the saltpans being demolished and the building became home to the quarrymen and fishermen until the early 1900s

Saltworks quarries	Saltworks quarries	Saltworks quarries	Saltworks quarries
Saltworks quarries	Saltworks information board	Port Eynon saltpans	Port Eynon saltpans
Port Eynon salthouse	Port Eynon salthouse	Port Eynon salthouse	Port Eynon salthouse
Port Eynon salthouse	Port Eynon salthouse

Coastal Limekilns

Little Tor, Three Cliffs - SS 5289 8797
Overton Mere, Port Eynon - SS 4540 8490
Ram Grove, Pitton - SS 4303 8685

Little Tor limekiln, Three Cliffs

Little Tor limekiln, Three Cliffs

Overton Cliff limekiln

Ram Grove limekiln, Pitton

Mewslade Bay kiln 1 - SS 4191 8726

Above the Eastern end of Mewslade Bay, shown as 'old limekiln' in 1879 with an adjacent quarry

Mewslade Bay quarry, Rhossili	Mewslade Bay limekiln 1, Rhossili		Mewslade Bay limekiln 1, Rhossili
Mewslade Bay limekiln 1, Rhossili	Mewslade Bay limekiln 1, Rhossili	Mewslade Bay limekiln 1, Rhossili	Mewslade Bay limekiln 1, Rhossili

Mewslade Bay kiln 2 - SS 4142 8744

At the Western end of Mewslade Bay where Fall Bay begins, shown as 'old limekiln' in 1879

Mewslade Bay limekiln 2, Rhossili

Mewslade Bay limekiln 2, Rhossili

Mewslade Bay limekiln 2, Rhossili

Mewslade Bay limekiln 2, Rhossili

Landimore - SS 4653 9339
Cwm Ivy, Llanmadoc - SS 4401 9374

One of 4 limekilns that existed in Landimore, Gower in 1878. I must have walked past the site of the most northerly which must be gone, the other two may still exist, another look another time ! And one next door at Llanmadoc.

Landimore limekiln	Landimore limekiln	Landimore limekiln	Landimore limekiln
Cwm Ivy limekiln, Llanmadoc

Whiteford Sands

Whiteford Lighthouse - SS 4437 9726

This is the only cast-iron wave-swept lighthouse left in Europe. It was built in 1865 and designed by John Bowen of Llanelli and is 44ft high. The lighthouse was disused from 1920 to the 1980s when it was re-lit using solar power. Sadly this failed and the lighthouse is now just a physical beacon.

Whiteford Lighthouse

Whiteford Lighthouse

Whiteford Lighthouse

Whiteford Lighthouse

Unknown wreck - SS 445966

The wreck of an unknown steel ship lies just South of the lighthouse, complete with boiler and other pieces of ironmongery. At SS 449966 part of an upturned wooden boat appears and disappears with the sands.

Whiteford Sands wreck	Whiteford Sands wreck	Whiteford Sands wreck	Whiteford Sands wreck
Whiteford Sands wreck	Whiteford Sands wreck	Whiteford Sands wreck	Upturned wooden boat wreckage

Clyne Valley Colliery

Bob Ashton from Northants sent this photo of colliers at the short-lived Clyne Valley Colliery, Dunvant, only open from 1903 to 1915.

Clyne Valley Colliers, 1913

Clyne Valley Colliery, 1913

'Killay'

Neath Abbey Ironworks

Neath Abbey Ironworks

The blast furnaces

Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces
Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces
Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces
Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces
Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces
Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces
Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces	Neath Abbey Ironworks furnaces

Offices, warehouse and workshops

Neath Abbey Ironwork offices	Neath Abbey Ironwork offices	Neath Abbey Ironwork offices	Neath Abbey Ironwork offices
Neath Abbey Ironwork offices	Neath Abbey Ironwork offices	Neath Abbey Ironwork offices	Neath Abbey Ironwork offices
Neath Abbey Ironwork offices	Neath Abbey Ironwork offices	Neath Abbey Ironwork offices	Neath Abbey Ironwork offices

Coke ovens and charging area

Coke ovens and charging area

Coke ovens and charging area

Coke ovens and charging area

Rolling Mills and Woollen Mill

Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills
Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills
Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills
Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills
Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills	Histon Woollen Mills

Heol Draw weir

Heol Draw weir

Heol Draw weir

Heol Draw weir

Heol Draw weir

Cwm Clydach

Cwm Clydach	Cwm Clydach	Cwm Clydach	Cwm Clydach
Cwm Clydach	Cwm Clydach	Cwm Clydach	Cwm Clydach

Neath Abbey Ironworks locomotives

Neath Abbey Ironworks are believed to have built 34 locos. This is a simplified list of their locomotive. Some were supplied as kits of parts and some are of doubtful provenance.

'Plymouth No 8' built in 1864

Possibly 'Abercrave', built c1870

Skewen Incline, Drymma

Date Built	Type	Gauge	Customer	Name or Number
1829	0-4-0	4' 2"	Thos Protheroe, Sirhowy	Speedwell
1829	0-4-0	4' 2"	Sirhowy Tramroad (Thos Protheroe)	Hercules
1830	0-4-0	4' 2"	Ebbw Vale (Harford Davies)	Hawk
1831	0-4-4-0	4' 2"	Dowlais Iron Co	-
1831	0-6-0	3' 6"	Gloucester & Cheltenham Railway	Royal William
1832	0-4-0 rack	4' 2"	Dowlais Iron Co	Perseverance
1832	0-4-0	-	Ebbw Vale	Industry
c1832	-	-	-	Lark
1833	0-4-0	4' 2"	Dowlais Iron Co	Mountaineer
1833	0-4-0	4' 2"	Dowlais Iron Co	-
1834	0-6-0	Standard	Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway	Camel
1834	0-6-0	Standard	Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway	Elephant
1836	0-6-0	4' 2"	Dowlais Iron Co	John Watt
1836	0-4-4-0 geared	-	Rhymney Forge	-
1837	0-4-0 rack	4' 2"	Dowlais Iron Co	Yn Barod Etto
1837	0-4-0	-	Dowlais Iron Co	-
1838	0-6-0 rack	Standard	Dowlais Iron Co	Dowlais
c1835	0-6-0	4' 2"	Dowlais Iron Co	Success
1848	0-4-2	Standard	Taff Vale railway	Neath Abbey
1848	0-6-0	Standard	Monmouthshire Railway & Canal Co	2
1848	0-6-0	Standard	Monmouthshire Railway & Canal Co	3
1848	0-6-0	Standard	Monmouthshire Railway & Canal Co	4
1848	0-6-0	Standard	Monmouthshire Railway & Canal Co	5
1855	4' 4"	Standard	Vivian & Sons, Swansea	Caesar
1855	4' 4"	Standard	Vivian & Sons, Swansea	-
1864	0-4-0	Standard	Plymouth Iron Co, Merthyr	Plymouth No 8
1864	2-4-0T	3' 0"	Rhymney Iron Co	-
c1860s	0-4-0ST	3' 0"	Neath Abbey Iron Co	Possibly went to Skewen incline, 2' 7½" gauge
c1860s	0-4-0ST	-	Aberdare Iron Co	2
c1860s	0-4-0ST	-	Aberdare Iron Co	Success
c1860s	0-4-0ST	-	Aberdare Iron Co	-
c1860s	0-4-0ST	3' 2"	Pascoe Grenfell Co, Swansea	-
c1870	0-6-0T	2' 7½"	Main Colliery, Skewen	'Abercrave'
1871	0-4-0	3' 0"	Cyfarthfa Ironworks	-
Unknown	-	-	South America	-

Neath Valley

Aberdulais and Cadoxton

Between Aberdulais and Neath

Aberdulais Tinplate Works	Aberdulais Tinplate Works	N&BR at Aberdulais	N&BR at Aberdulais
Tydraw Colliery chimney	GWR 1890 viaduct at Neath	Neath Canal at Neath	Neath Canal lock at Cadoxton

Cilfrew and Graig Gwladys

Tydraw Colliery, Cilfrew - SN 7668 0103
Tor Cefn Colliery, Cilfrew - SN 7637 0219

Tydraw Colliery is reported to have worked from 1889 to 1908 but isn't on the 1899 map. It does appear on the 1935 OS map as 'disused', connected to the long tramway from Tor Cefn Colliery to a tipping dock on the Neath & Brecon Railway at Cilfrew. Tor Cefn Nos 1 to 5 levels were worked by Evans & Bevan from c1866 to 1886 when they were abandoned

Tydraw Colliery, 1935

Tydraw Colliery chimney

Tor Cefn Colliery, 1876

Tor Cefn Colliery, 1876

Graig Cilfrew Colliery, Graig Gwladys - SS 7665 9983

Graig Cilfrew Colliery was a short-lived re-working of what seems to be a pre-1880s level. It opened in 1912 but was abandoned in 1919. Its tramway ran North-Eastwards over a weighbridge to connect with the main Graig Gwladys tramway to the incline.
For more info on Graig Gwladys woods see their Facebook page :- Friends of Graig Gwladys

Graig Cilfrew Colliery, 1919	Graig Cilfrew tramway junction	Graig Cilfrew Colliery tramway	Graig Cilfrew Colliery tramway
Graig Cilfrew tramway building	Graig Cilfrew tramway building	The bridge over the main tramway	The bridge over the main tramway

Gelliau Colliery, Graig Gwladys - SS 7659 9962

Gelliau Colliery (also known as Gellia Cadoxton Colliery) was one of Evans & Bevan's collieries, working from c1865 to abandonment in1884. A substantial engine house remains at the level entrance. Th colliery was possibly the largest on a long tramway running from the top of Graig Gwladys incline to Griag-y-gigfran. The incline ran down to the Neath &Brecon Railway and the Tennant Canal.

Gelliau Colliery, 1880	Graig Gwladys incline, 1880	Gelliau Colliery engine house	Gelliau Colliery engine house
Gelliau Colliery engine house	Gelliau Colliery engine house	Gelliau Colliery main level	Another Gelliau Colliery level
Graig Gwladys main tramway	Graig Gwladys main tramway	Graig Gwladys main tramway	Graig Gwladys main tramway
Graig Gwladys main tramway	A quarry alongside the tramway	Graig Gwladys smithy	Graig Gwladys smithy
Graig Gwladys incline brakehouse	Graig Gwladys incline	Graig Gwladys information board

Cadoxton and Rhydding

Cadoxton Limekilns - SS 7550 9868
Rhydding Colliery bridge - SS 7567 9839

Hidden in the undergrowth is what looks to be a bank of 6 limekilns that don't appear on any OS maps though 1960s maps show a quarry face behind them. The bridge under the Vale of Neath line was used by the tramway from Rhydding Colliery at SS 7500 9865 to the wharf on the Tennant Canal in 1880.

Rhydding Colliery tramway, 1876	Cefnfaes tramway, 1876	Cefnfaes tramway, 1876
Limekilns at Cadoxton	Limekilns at Cadoxton	Bridge under VoN at Cadoxton	Bridge under VoN at Cadoxton

Cadoxton Colliery lower level - SS 7550 9920
Cadoxton Colliery upper level - SS 7561 9941
Cefnfaes Level - SS 7576 9971

The Cadoxton levels were a run of old levels in 1881 but worked on and off until the 1950s and possibly longer. They were linked by a tramway running down to Rhydding Colliery, a (brake) drum being shown on the 1880 map.

Cefnfaes Level at Cadoxton	Cefnfaes Level at Cadoxton	Cadoxton Colliery tramway	Cadoxton Colliery upper level
Cadoxton Colliery upper level	Cadoxton Colliery airshaft	Cadoxton Colliery lower level	Cadoxton Colliery lower level
Cadoxton Colliery lower level	Cadoxton Colliery lower level tips

The Tennant Canal from Aberdulais to Neath

Tennant Canal aqueduct	Tennant Canal aqueduct	Tennant Canal basin, Aberdulais	Tennant Canal lock, Aberdulais
Vale of Neath Railway bridge	Vale of Neath Railway bridge	Vale of Neath Railway bridge	Vale of Neath Railway bridge
Rhydding Colliery bridge, Cadoxton	Tennant Canal at Neath	Tennant Canal at Neath

The Neath Canal at Resolven

The Neath Canal at Resoven	Neath Canal lock 8, Resolven	Neath Canal at Resolven	Neath Canal Ty Banc cottage
Neath Canal at Resolven	Neath Canal at Resolven	Neath Canal at Resolven	Neath Canal lock 9, Resolven
Neath Canal lock 9, Resolven	Neath Canal Rheola works bridge	Neath Canal lock 10, Rheola	Neath Canal, Rheola
Neath Canal, Rheola House bridge	Neath Canal, Rheola House bridge	Neath Canal 'NC' boundary stone

Glynneath

Abernant and Pontwalby Brickworks

These historical photos of Glynneath are courtesy of Roy Bowen from the W E Bowen collection. The Abernant Brickworks photos show in the background wagons at the screens and the foot of the incline to Rock Colliery and Bryn Ceffylau Colliery. The canal ended at the wharf opposite Abernant Brickworks and the tramroad went on to the silica mines and gunpowder works at Pontneddfechan. The Pontwalby photos show the Gunpowder Works tramroad going off to the right from the brickworks and the Pontwalby Viaduct on the Vale of Neath Railway with the incline of the Cefn Rhigos Tramroad climbing the hillside.

Abernant Brickworks, 1875	Abernant Brickworks, 1897	Abernant Brickworks, Glynneath	Abernant Brickworks, Glynneath
Pontwalby Brickworks, 1875	Pontwalby Brickworks, 1899	Pontwalby Brickworks, Glynneath	Pontwalby Brickworks, Glynneath
Pontwalby,1875	Pontwalby viaduct and incline

Dulais Valley

Cefn Coed Mining Museum - SN 7853 0321

During 2020-21 the Cefn Coed Mining Museum was closed to allow the headgear to be restored. This is the 'behind-the-scenes' work in progress

Cefn Coed Mining Museum	Cefn Coed Mining Museum	Cefn Coed Mining Museum	Cefn Coed Mining Museum
Cefn Coed Mining Museum	Cefn Coed Mining Museum	Cefn Coed Mining Museum	Cefn Coed Mining Museum
Cefn Coed Mining Museum	Cefn Coed Mining Museum	Cefn Coed Mining Museum	Cefn Coed Mining Museum
Cefn Coed Mining Museum	Cefn Coed Mining Museum	Cefn Coed Mining Museum	Cefn Coed Mining Museum

The Counties of Brecon and Carmarthen

Brecon

Gasworks and Hay Railway - SO 0518 2800

The gasworks is shown on the 1888 to 1964 OS maps but then slowly disappears. The 3'6" gauge 'Hay Railway' dates from 1816 and connected with the Kington Tramroad at Eardisley to form the longest tramroad in the UK - 36 miles. They were converted to railways from 1860.

The last wharf in Brecon	Gasworks House, Brecon	Brecon Gasworks	Brecon Gasworks
Watton Wharf, Brecon	Hay Railway arch	Railway and Canal bridge	Railway and Canal bridge
Railway and Canal bridge	Hay Railway arch	GWR notice	Railway and Canal bridge
Canal and Railway junction	Hay Railway wagon

Watton limekilns - SO 0547 2792

The Watton Limekilns at Brecon, a set of five kilns on the banks of the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal. The righthand (Eastern) two or three were built c1802 with the fourth added around 1805-6 in the same style. Sometime after 1807 a fifth smaller kiln was added at the Western end. They were fed from behind by the canal and the lime removed by tram on the Hay Railway below. The four main kilns had double drawholes while the fifth had a single drawhole.

Collapsed kiln	Collapsed kiln	Watton limekilns notice	The limekilns from the East
The limekilns from the East	The limekilns from the West	The fourth Watton limekiln
The first storage chamber	The second storage chamber	One of the collapsed kilns	The third kiln, Watton
The third kiln, Watton	The fourth kiln, Watton	The fourth kiln, Watton	The fifth kiln, Watton

Out and About in Breconshire

Three Cocks Junction

Carmarthenshire

Nevills Railway, Llanelly Past and Present

These old photos of Nevills Railway in Llanelly appeared on the'Wales Past and Present' Facebook group so with huge help from Keith Morris (who supplied all the info) I was able to locate the present-day views. Three sites can still be intentified but the fourth has changed beyond recognition.

Photo 1 - Heol Fawr - you can make out the street name on the house on the left - although that is in fact Gathen Terrace!! Entrance to the Western Works (Tinplate) in the middle. The curved roof in the background is Waddles Patent Fan and Engineering Works. Picture must have been taken in the late 50's after the trolleybuses had finished (no overhead wires) as they went up Heol Fawr to Station Road.

Photo 2 - Bryn Terrace - the telephone box is at the junction with Marine Street. The line going to the right went to Llanelli West Box (Trevose sidings) via St Davids Lane whilst the line going to the left went to Zammit's yard (where Nevill's Loco shed was). The works in the background was part of the "Tin Stamping" works

Photo 3 - South side of the railway in 1952 - Glanmor Road looking South, Copperworks Rd is crossing the background (where the SWT bus is) - the loco is proceeding north to join with the line from St Davids Lane at Trevose Sidings by Glanmor Foundry (behind Llanelli West Box). The loco is Nevill's "Kathleen"

Photo 4 - Cambrian Street looking SE. Behind the photographer the line continued to Old Castle Crossing - in the distance the line continued behind the backyards to join up with the previous picture at Bryn Terrace

Heol Fawr to Station Road	Heol Fawr to Station Road	Bryn Terrace	Bryn Terrace
Bryn Terrace	Glanmor Road looking South	Cambrian Street looking SE	Cambrian Street looking SE

Llanybyther Brickworks - SN 5038 4226

Assuming that this is the brickworks shown on the map at Highmead, I'm told that a large walled garden was built there in the 1860s for which the brickworks may have been built. The brickworks only appears on the 1887 map and is already marked as 'disused'.

Llanybyther Brickworks

Llanybyther Brickworks

Llanybyther Brickworks

Dolaucothi Gold Mine - SN 6645 4030

Dolaucothi Gold Mine

Dolaucothi Gold Mine

Dolaucothi Gold Mine

Dolaucothi Gold Mine

Pantyffynnon - SO 620113

Blaina Colliery and Pontyclerc brickworks

'Millicent' goes swimming

'Millicent' dries off and back to work

Pontyclerc brickworks, Pantyffynnon

Acknowledgments, sources and further reading.

Thanks for information and the use of their photographs to :- Bob Ashton, Robert Griffiths, 'gwrachtimeline.co.uk', Industrial Railway Society, Euros Jones, Hugh Pincott.
For more info on Graig Gwladys woods see their Facebook page :- Friends of Graig Gwladys