Aberdare Canal Co
Other Business Names:
- Bute, Marquess of
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
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Transport services
Inland navigations services
Notes:
Established 1793 but construction did not begin until 1810. Completed 1812. Served iron works and, later, coal mines in South Wales. In decline from late 1870s. Acquired by Cardiff landowner and industrialist, Lord Bute, in 1884. Closed 1900
Publications:
- A Welsh waterway in the Industrial Revolution. The Aberdare Canal, 1793-1900 by Davies, Alun C
- Canals of South Wales and the Border by Hadfield, Charles
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Bute, Marquess of
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
- Transport services Inland navigations services
Notes:
Established 1793 but construction did not begin until 1810. Completed 1812. Served iron works and, later, coal mines in South Wales. In decline from late 1870s. Acquired by Cardiff landowner and industrialist, Lord Bute, in 1884. Closed 1900Publications:
- A Welsh waterway in the Industrial Revolution. The Aberdare Canal, 1793-1900 by Davies, Alun C
- Canals of South Wales and the Border by Hadfield, Charles