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Tennant Canal

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NPRN91664
Map ReferenceSS79NE
Grid ReferenceSS7739099400
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNeath Port Talbot
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityNeath
Type Of SiteCANAL
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
The Tennant Canal was built in 1820-24 by George Tennant. The canal started at a junction with the Neath Canal
at Aberdulais and ended at Port Tennant on the eastern side of
the River Tawe at Swansea.Traffic was carried on the canal until the 1930s and it is now used to supply water to local industries.

Source: "A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the Swansea Region", Association for Industrial Archaeology, 2nd Edition, 1989

RCAHMW, 4 October 2011.