Old Bridge (Welsh: Yr Hen Bont), which is now also known as the William Edwards Bridge or Pontypridd Bridge, was originally known as the New Bridge or...
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construction of the Old Bridge until the 1860s. The history of Pontypridd is tied to the coal and iron industries; before their development Pontypridd was a hamlet...
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Bridgend, Wales Old Bridge, Pontypridd, Wales Hen Bont, Ponterwyd, Wales United States Fort Benton Bridge, also known as Old Bridge (Fort Benton, Montana)...
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roadway. Small bridges can be hump-backed, but larger bridges such as the Old Bridge, Pontypridd may become so steep as to require steps, making their...
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346571°W / 51.600460; -3.346571 Pontypridd Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Pontypridd) is a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales...
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Methodist minister, stonemason, architect and bridge engineer, best known for the Old Bridge, Pontypridd (born 1719) November 28 – Friedrich August Krubsacius...
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Castle, Conwy Dolaucothi Gold Mines, Carmarthenshire Pen y Bryn Old Bridge, Pontypridd Pill Priory (Chancel Arch and South Transept), Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire...
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William Edwards (1719–1789) - minister and bridge builder. Built the Old Bridge, Pontypridd and Dolauhirion Bridge David Williams (1738–1816) - theologian...
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Coed " britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Old Bridge, Pontypridd " britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Porthkerry...
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2020. Cadw. "Pontypridd Bridge (GM015)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2021. "Pontypridd Old Bridge, Pontypridd (24145)". Coflein...
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completion of William Edwards' Old Bridge, Pontypridd. With a 140 ft (43 m) span it becomes (by 10 ft) the longest single-span bridge in Great Britain, remaining...
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Pontypridd railway station serves the town of Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located at the junction of the Merthyr line and the Rhondda...
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William Edwards (architect) (section Famous bridges)
1794 Usk Bridge, Brecon, widened by Thomas. Old bridge in Pontypridd Usk bridge Old bridge at Pontardawe Dolauhirion bridge, Cilycwm Cenarth bridge Colvin...
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Completion of Britain's longest single-span bridge (at this date), William Edwards' Old Bridge, Pontypridd, over the River Taff, at the third (or fourth)...
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Architecture of Wales (section Bridges)
Ferro-Concrete is the White Bridge at Pontypridd. This was built in 1907, to designs by P R A Willoughby, surveyor to Pontypridd Urban District Council, in...
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Côr Meibion Pontypridd (Welsh: [ˈkoːr ˈmɛibjɔn ˌpɔntəˈpriːð]; "Pontypridd Male Voice Choir", literally "Choir of the Sons of Pontypridd") is a male voice...
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bridge was built between 1785 and 1787 and designed by David Edwards, the son of William Edwards who built the Old Bridge at Pontypridd. The bridge straddles...
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Palace (Oliwa) in Gdańsk, Poland, is completed. Newbridge, now Old Bridge, Pontypridd in Wales, designed by William Edwards, is completed. St Andrew's...
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Edwards, a prominent civil engineer of Pontypridd, or by a member of his bridge-building dynasty. The bridge has Grade II* listed building status. An...
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Taff Trail (section Pontypridd)
users may wish to take a short (50 yards) detour to visit the Old Bridge in Pontypridd. Cyclists may wish to use the bike locks outside the cafe promenade...
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Conference League first qualifying round. The bottom two teams (Colwyn Bay and Pontypridd United) were relegated to either the 2024–25 Cymru North or the 2024–25...
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each contain an icon symbolising the culture of Cilfynydd; the Old Bridge, Pontypridd, the Welsh flower, the daffodil, a coal mine winding tower and finally...
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Causey Arch (category Pages using infobox bridge with empty coordinates parameter)
held for thirty years until 1756 when the Old Bridge was built in Pontypridd, Wales. After he designed the bridge, Ralph Wood was so afraid that his arch...
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unsupported span in England (it was surpassed by William Edwards Bridge at Pontypridd). The other two main arches were each 44 feet (13 m), though Dicker...
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William Etheridge (section Old Walton Bridge)
(succeeded in 1756 by William Edwards's 140 feet long single-arch Pontypridd Bridge). At the time, it was widely admired for its "strength, contrivance...
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Samuel Brown (Royal Navy officer) (category Bridge engineers)
the Newbridge Chain & Anchor Works (Pontypridd) at Ynysangharad, beside the Glamorganshire Canal, in Pontypridd, south Wales, close to large reserves...
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"White Bridge (also known as Berw Bridge) (24848)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 13 October 2020. Cadw. "Pontypridd Bridge (13497)"...
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Footbridge (redirect from Foot bridge)
pedestrian bridges; examples in the UK include The Iron Bridge at Ironbridge, Shropshire, the Old Bridge at Pontypridd and Windsor Bridge at Windsor,...
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Pontypridd Market and Town Hall (Welsh: Marchnad a Neuadd y Dref Ponypridd) is a historic building located on Market Street, Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon...
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Reserve and across Newport Transporter Bridge in the south of the city.[citation needed] Caerphilly Pontypridd Port Talbot Swansea Llanelli After Newport...
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