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Crymlyn Burrows, SWANSEA, SA1 8PT

The former Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway Danygraig Depot at Swansea Docks was unique for its strange locomotives. No. 942 was an 0-4-0T taken over by the GWR in 1924: it was built by Hawthorn, Leslie in 1903, renumbered 1153 by BR/WR and withdrawn in 10/55. In 1947 Danygraig (DG) Depot (coded 87C by BR) had an allocation of 32:- 1 2-8-0T, 1 0-8-2T, 15 0-6-0T, 2 0-6-2T and 13 0-4-0T. of which no less than 13 were acquired (non-GWR) engines.

Danygraig was the Depot in Swansea of the Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway, absorbed by the GWR in 1922. Taff Vale 'O4' No. 289 was built in 7/08 and withdrawn in 8/49, being one of the few 'absorbed' engines that were not reboilered by the GWR.

Resting amongst a remarkably disparate collection at Danygraig of small locomotives acquired in 1922 by the GWR from minor South Wales Railways is 0-6-0 saddle-tank No. 359 'Hilda', one of eight assorted engines from the L&MMR; built by Hudswell, Clarke in 1917 it survived until 2/54.

No. 1098 was acquired by the GWR in 1923, having been built by Peckett in 10/18, it was renumbered 1145 by BR and withdrawn in 7/59. It was another of the many strange Dock Tanks at Swansea. (See also Image]).

No. 1105 was one of the relatively modern GWR Dock Tanks, built 8/26 and lasting until 1/60. See also Image

Looking north-west from Fabian Way. The carriage and wagon repair works were built in the 1880s and are now used for storage by a chemical works.

Once a heavily industrialised area, some of the older buildings, like these engine sheds, still remain.

This OS cut mark can be found on Compass House, Baldwins Crescent. It marks a point 7.321m above mean sea level.

Cutting a trench in road below the A483.

The view was taken from the canal path of the Tennant Canal, Port Tennant. Crymlyn Burrows Chemical Works (sometimes referred to Pritchard's Chemical Works) opened in the late 19th Century and was owned and operated by J.D. Pritchard (and partners). Oxalic Acid was one of its products. The works complex featured an internal narrow gauge railway, various peripheral outbuildings and a large sandpit. Goods were moved to and from the works by canal and rail. Workers lived at Pritchard's Cottages next to the complex. The works under his ownership closed in December 1911 (reference: London Gazette, 15 November 1912 p8407). The photograph shows the last remaining outer wall from this plant. An aerial photograph from 1949 shows significant demolition had taken place by this time, although this isn't thought to be as a result of World War II.