Highlight • Historical Site
Talybont-on-Usk Canal Drawbridge
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December 13, 2024
Mountain biking
Before the canal reopened to boats in 1970, a steel drawbridge with an electric operating mechanism was installed.
There are four other drawbridges along the canal to the west. They are for farmers to access fields and are less elaborate than the one at Talybont. Drawbridges saved the canal company the expense of building stone bridges over the canal at these locations.
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Elevation 130 m
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