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Taff Trail Tramroad Section

Taff Trail Tramroad Section

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Taff Trail Tramroad Section

Name: Taff Trail Tramroad Section
Rating: 2

Recommended by 23 mountain bikers

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Location: Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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1. Taff Trail Tramroad Section – Quakers Yard Viaduct loop from Fairwater

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2. Taff Trail Tramroad Section – Quakers Yard Viaduct loop from Trefechan

44.9km

02:46

490m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Taff Trail Tramroad Section – Quakers Yard Viaduct loop from Abercynon

31.3km

01:55

270m

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Jo53ph

February 21, 2023

This is a section of the Taff Trail NCR8 that is unpaved and muddy. Long may this last as the trail has important industrial archeological history. You can still see the stone seats that held the wooden rails of the old tramway in place. For more on the significance, Google Richard
"Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age. He was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, and his most significant contributions were the development of the first high-pressure steam engine and the first working railway steam locomotive.[1] The world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place on 21 February 1804, when Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.[2][3]

Turning his interests abroad Trevithick also worked as a mining consultant in Peru and later explored parts of Costa Rica. Throughout his professional career he went through many ups and downs and at one point faced financial ruin, also suffering from the strong rivalry of many mining and steam engineers of the day. During the prime of his career he was a well-known and highly respected figure in mining and engineering, but near the end of his life he fell out of the public eye." - from wikipedia. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Trevithick

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Elevation 120 m

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Taff Trail Tramroad Section

1. Taff Trail Tramroad Section – Quakers Yard Viaduct loop from Fairwater

2. Taff Trail Tramroad Section – Quakers Yard Viaduct loop from Trefechan

3. Taff Trail Tramroad Section – Quakers Yard Viaduct loop from Abercynon

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