The Railway Tavern, Sirhowy
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The Railway Tavern, Sirhowy
Image: © Robin Drayton Taken: 22 Nov 2013
Sir Daniel Gooch, lived here during the 1830s. He started work in the Tredegar Ironworks, initially making cores and then moulding tram wheels. Subsequently he joined the Great Western Railway eventually becoming Locomotive Superintendent under Isambard Brunel. Later, he became Chairman of the Great Western Company, overseeing such projects as the Great Western steamship and the construction of the Severn Tunnel. There is an old boundary stone http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3756848 at the bottom right of the picture.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.780563
Longitude
-3.242225