Site of the Newtown Canal Basin
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Site of the Newtown Canal Basin
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 9 Jul 2022
Although the whole place has been completely redeveloped since the infilling and closure of this end of the canal and is now a builders' merchant yard, the site here was once a busy canal basin. Historic Wales/Coflein records https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/34591/ that it consisted of a large dock, surrounded by 7 'arms' of canal, each capable of holding 2 boats for loading or unloading, and served the tweed & flannel weaving businesses of the town, plus a significant number of nearby limekilns. All trace of those seems to have been removed as far as I could tell, apart from one house called The Limekilns.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.516126
Longitude
-3.307968