Brecon
and
Abergavenny Canal
Canal boats with essential supplies |
The canal which connects Brecon
with the Monmouthshire Canal, some
33 miles [53km] to the south east, was built
between 1793 and 1812. Heavily loaded barges towed by horses
moved huge quantities of coal, iron, limestone and timber during much
of the Victorian age, until the new steam railways
took away most of the canal trade. |
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Canals
and the early railways, which used horse-drawn
wagons, were built to be used together. |
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