Former hydroelectric building, Merthyr Tydfil
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Former hydroelectric building, Merthyr Tydfil
Image: © Robin Drayton Taken: 9 Jan 2013
This water turbine house is situated beside the River Taff next to Pont-y-Cafnau http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3315176 . From 1928 to 1939 electricity that was generated here powered tramcars in Merthyr Tydfil. It closed in 1953.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.754565
Longitude
-3.395518