Pont-y-Cafnau

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Pont-y-Cafnau is an early iron railway and tramroad bridge in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, regarded as one of the world’s first iron railway bridges and a significant monument of the Industrial Revolution.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial heritage monument
iron railway bridge
tramroad bridge
builtFor Cyfarthfa Ironworks
Glamorganshire Canal
constructionStart 1792
country Wales
crosses River Taff NERFINISHED
designedBy Watkin George
era Industrial Revolution
function carried tramroad
carried water in an aqueduct
hasCategory Bridges in Merthyr Tydfil
Grade II* listed bridges in Wales
Industrial archaeological sites in Wales
Railway bridges in Wales
Scheduled monuments in Merthyr Tydfil
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84
hasDesign combined tramroad bridge and aqueduct
hasLanguageOfName Welsh
hasSpanType multiple-span bridge
hasStructure cast-iron trusses
stone piers
hasTransportMode railway
tramroad
heritageDesignation Grade II* listed building
Scheduled monument
heritageRegister Cadw
isPartOf industrial landscape of Merthyr Tydfil
isTouristAttraction true
locatedIn Merthyr Tydfil NERFINISHED
South Wales NERFINISHED
locatedNear Cyfarthfa Ironworks
Glamorganshire Canal
material cast iron
stone
nameMeaning Bridge of Troughs
opened 1793
owner Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
railwayType plateway
region Glamorgan
significance important monument of the Industrial Revolution
one of the world’s first iron railway bridges
usedFor transport of iron
water supply to ironworks

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Merthyr Tydfil
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