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Treforest Tinplate Works: Weir

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NPRN85179
Map ReferenceST08NE
Grid ReferenceST0842888928
Unitary (Local) AuthorityRhondda Cynon Taff
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityPontypridd
Type Of SiteWEIR
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
The feeder (ST 084889 to ST 087877) and tramroad route to the tinplate works (nprn 1) passes early nineteenth century workers housing (nprn 19247) in Treforest. Cardiff Railway of 1907 necessitated a wide tunnel for the feeder to pass beneath the CR embankment which held sidings intended to hold coal trains received from a junction with the Taff Vale Railway. The junction was never approved.
(A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of South East Wales, AIA, 2003)
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 05 November 2005.