The Iron Bridge

and Area

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Old Iron Bridge, 1963.

The old Iron Bridge, commissioned and paid for by Richard Crawshay. Designed and built by Mr. Watkyn George, the principal engineer of the Cyfarthfa Iron Works. Work on the bridge started in the middle of 1799 and was completed in the middle of 1800.

Old Iron Bridge, looking south

(Photograph courtesy of Patrick Parry)

Iron Bridges from Castle Street - 1958c

A similar photograph to the one above, but taken in the 1950's showing both the new iron bridge on the left hand

side and the old iron bridge.

(Photograph by Dennis Quinlan, Courtesy of June Quinlan)

In the middle of the large building can be seen the infamous ARCH, which led to Riverside .

On the right hand side of the building is the Patriot Inn. Abermorlais School is in the background

with scaffolding around it. The large trees are in the grounds of Ynysgau Chapel.

River Taff In Flood, Easter 1960.

(photograph courtesy of Clive Bevan)

The old and new Iron bridges. June 1962.

(Photograph courtesy of Robert Thomas, West Grove)

The Glamorganshire Canal, Parliament Lock.

Several points of interest here. Abermorlais School on top of the tip that was the waste from the Penydarren

Iron Works.It was called the British Tip by everybody because the school was originally called the British

School.The land in the foreground is now the site of the College.The tall white building left of the tip

is the original Taff Vale Brewery which moved up to Danyparc in 1904.Behind the brewery on the east

side of the river is the area known as China, notorious for its villains and undesirables.

Canal Side in the 1920's. This photograph is set up, for an exhibition

At Dowlais, for the benefit of the unemployed. It shows the houses of

Canal Square, Buildings that became Wm Raymond & Sons. and the

Merthyr Laundry in the distance, which became Triumph Business

Systems (TBS).

Iron Bridge Garage

(Photograph Courtesy of Ken M McDonald)

Gayday Pop Lorries, parked on the waste ground that is now the old Albulance Station by the back entrance to the fire station.

(Thanks to Peter Viktor Skoludek for identify the correct location of this photograph)

Building Present Day River Bridge - Approx 1958

(Photograph Courtesy of June Quinlan)

River Taff in Flood

The bridge to the left is on the one shown in the photograph above, the Civic Centre is in the background

(Photograph Courtesy of Philip Evans)

(Photograph courtesy of Glyn Bowen)

River Taff Footbridge & New Fish Pass - 2009

(Photograph Courtesy of Jamie Mahoney)

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