Tennant Canal (Wern Fawr Road)
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Tennant Canal (Wern Fawr Road)
Image: © vectorkraft Taken: 5 Dec 2011
This is a view of the Tennant Canal as seen from the eastern extremity of Wern Fawr Road. The canal led into Swansea Docks until the 1950s (albeit marked as disused on maps); official canal freight operations ceased as early as 1920. The railway viaduct carried freight into Burrows Sidings until the late 1980s. There was a connection with the Marcroft Wagon Works just to the right of this position until the 1990s. The condition of this canal (in 2011) improves as you travel towards Jersey Marine and Neath.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.622049
Longitude
-3.905442