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Blaenavon Railroad

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NPRN91617
Map ReferenceSO20NW
Grid ReferenceSO2495109241
Unitary (Local) AuthorityTorfaen
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityBlaenavon
Type Of SiteRAILWAY
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
The Blaenavon Railroad linked Blaenavon Ironworks (nprn 34134) with the Monmouthshire Canal (nprn 85125) terminus at Pontnewynydd. Open for traffic by 1796, and rebuilt as a conventional railway by 1854.
(Canals of South Wales & the Borders, C.Hadfield)
B.A.Malaws, 21 April 1999.