Corner of Golden Mile View and Bassaleg Road, Newport
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Corner of Golden Mile View and Bassaleg Road, Newport
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 21 Jul 2011
Viewed across Bassaleg Road. There are about 120 flats in Golden Mile View, contained in several individually-named buildings, most of which are out of shot. The one on the left is Griffin House. Golden Mile View is at the edge of a section of railway line that passed through Lord Tredegar's estate. He charged a levy of one penny per mile per ton of coal crossing his land. That may not sound like much, but for a while (1870s) Newport Docks was the largest exporter of coal in the world, and it all passed along the Golden Mile.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.576398
Longitude
-3.034617