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If you know two ways of getting from A to B, and you know that one of them is shorter because you've used it so much more often, but the other is likely to get you better opportunities to take photographs of bridges, which do you go for?
In this case, I opted for the latter route, to get this snap of the huge aqueduct spanning across the Afan Valley at Pontrhydyfen. Imaginatively known these days as 'Y Bont Fawr' (the big bridge), the aqueduct was built in 1825 by the Oakwood Coal and Iron Works to carry cooling water into the works. As the decline of industry hit the valley in the 1960s, the Works was closed, but the aqueduct kept standing across the river Afan, as a symbol of the village below. Today, the aqueduct serves as part of the main cycle path, and so while I frequently use the bridge, I very rarely get to take a picture of it. So, my dear furs, here you go!
Hope you enjoy!
In this case, I opted for the latter route, to get this snap of the huge aqueduct spanning across the Afan Valley at Pontrhydyfen. Imaginatively known these days as 'Y Bont Fawr' (the big bridge), the aqueduct was built in 1825 by the Oakwood Coal and Iron Works to carry cooling water into the works. As the decline of industry hit the valley in the 1960s, the Works was closed, but the aqueduct kept standing across the river Afan, as a symbol of the village below. Today, the aqueduct serves as part of the main cycle path, and so while I frequently use the bridge, I very rarely get to take a picture of it. So, my dear furs, here you go!
Hope you enjoy!
Category Photography / Scenery
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1280 x 960px
File Size 476.5 kB
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