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Dist:0.1km<br/>Taken off a factory access road this view has changed. The M4 improvements mean the view in the background has changed as the main road was upgraded.
©roger geach
Dist:0.4km<br/>Stone blocks, fine examples of the mason's skill, lie haphazardly dumped and slowly sinking into the ground at the site of the unsuccessful attempt to construct a floating dock on the river Neath. The project was beset by many problems, and eventually in 1885 a torrential storm washed much of it away, leading to the abandonment of the project.
©Robert Davies
Dist:0.4km<br/>The Tennant Canal looking south towards the Pant-y-Sais Fen.
©Cedwyn Davies
Dist:0.5km<br/>Cawoods Coal containers used to load coal from various South Wales loading points for export to Ireland via Ellesmere Port. Here the returning empties are seen waiting entry to Swansea Burrows yard early evening before heading up one of the valleys for loading.
©roger geach
Dist:0.7km<br/>Mudflats on the River Neath.
©Gerald England
Dist:0.8km<br/>This sign is situated on the towpath of the Neath Canal at Giant's Grave, Briton Ferry. In the background is a disused quarry.
©Cedwyn Davies
Dist:0.8km<br/>The Red Jacket Pill was a short canal (1 mile and 7 furlongs) built in 1817-1818 without an Act of Parliament by William Kirkhouse. The canal allowed copper ore to be transported directly from the River Neath at Briton Ferry to the 'Briton Ferry Copper Works' and the 'Red Jacket Copper Works' on the western side of the river. The canal fell into disuse by 1922. The pipe across the canal is a water main.
©Cedwyn Davies
Dist:0.9km<br/>
©Cedwyn Davies
Dist:0.9km<br/>This swing bridge (permanently locked) carries the former Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway over the River Neath near Skewen. The vessel in the foreground is a former lightship moored at the quayside.
©Cedwyn Davies
Dist:0.9km<br/>Llandarcy Village was built to house workers for the nearby oil refinery
©Steve Rigg
Dist:0.9km<br/>The Neath Canal near Giant's Grave with a tidal inlet of the River Neath to the right. The bridge in the background is the A48T Briton Ferry Bridge.
©Cedwyn Davies
Dist:0.9km<br/>The Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company opened its line in 1885, but could extend the line into Swansea until this swing bridge was completed in 1894. I am grateful to the owner of Derwent Construction and his plant operator Martin for their assistance in getting this image. This is one of over 1,450 movable bridges in the British Isles that I have identified for my historical website. www.movablebridges.org.uk
©Stewart Marchant
Dist:1.0km southeast<br/>This bridge is near the Old Ship inn
©mal reynolds
Dist:1.1km north<br/>Just off the A465 eastbound.
©Jonathan Billinger
Dist:1.1km north<br/>Just off the A465 eastbound about half a mile away from M4 Junction 43. Yes it could be anywhere!
©Jonathan Billinger

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