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Bridge 56, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

A Grade II Listed Building in New Inn, Torfaen

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7047 / 51°42'16"N

Longitude: -3.0162 / 3°0'58"W

OS Eastings: 329877

OS Northings: 201146

OS Grid: SO298011

Mapcode National: GBR J5.3S1H

Mapcode Global: VH79S.NFV1

Plus Code: 9C3RPX3M+VG

Entry Name: Bridge 56, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

Listing Date: 7 August 1997

Last Amended: 7 August 1997

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 18734

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300018734

Location: North of the Usk Road about 200m south of Ty-poeth Farm.

County: Torfaen

Town: Pontypool

Community: New Inn

Community: New Inn

Locality: Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

The Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal was promoted in 1792 to connect the upper Usk valley to the Monmouthshire Canal at Pontymoile and from there to the sea at Newport. Construction began in 1797, with Thomas Dadford Jnr. as engineer, and the first section, from Gilwern to Llangynidr was completed in that year with the stretch as far as Brecon following in 1800. Work then stopped for a time with the result that the section to the Blaenavon Road east of Govilon was not completed until 1805, now with Thomas Cartwright as engineer. Further funds had to be raised and the last section from west of Llanfoist to Pontymoile was completed betwen 1809 and 1812, with William Crossley as engineer. Linked to the tramroads the canal was an important artery for trade in iron, lime and coal. In 1865 the Monmouthshire and the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal Companies merged becoming the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal Company. Later still in 1880 the canal was bought out by the Great Western Railway and gradually the canal was run down until it was abandoned finally in 1962. Restoration work was begun in 1964, and the canal is once again open between Pontymoile and Brecon with the title Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.

Exterior

Accommodation and footpath bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. Semi-elliptical arch with voussoirs; squared, faced and coursed stone; parapet with slab coping; curving abutments. Bridge number on south face of arch. Towpath runs beneath bridge arch on east side.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as one of the unaltered surviving early C19 bridges on this canal.

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