This is taken from part of the original Act which allowed the canal to be built.
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| In 1793
an Act of Parliament was passed... "for making and
maintaining a navigable canal
from the town of Brecknock to the Monmouthshire Canal, near the town of
Pontypool, in the county of Monmouth, and for making and maintaining railways
and stone roads from such canal to several ironworks and mines in the counties
of Brecknock and Monmouth". |
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This is taken from part of the original Act which allowed the canal to be built. |
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The Brecon and Abergavenny Canal Company opened its canal in 1800 between Brecon and Gilwern. The southwards section to Pontypool was completed in 1812 and connected with the Monmouthshire Canal. It quickly proved to be a very important communication link between Brecon and South Wales, carrying agricultural produce, coal, limestone, iron ore and iron. |
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