A little over two hundred years ago saw the first steam locomotive haul a load on rails. Cornish Engineer Richard Trevithick’s steam locomotive ran with five wagons for five miles along the rail tramroad, from Penydarren to Navigation, Abercynon, with 70 men and 10 tons of iron on board. It was a historic journey.
What were the thoughts of the people who witnessed this noisy iron monster ?
Did they feel in awe of this spectacte and terrified by the sight ?
The Cambrian Newspaper commented on Trevithick’s terrific invention thus : “It is not doubted but that the number of horses in the kingdom will be very considerably reduced, and the machine, in the hands of the present proprietors, will be made use of in a thousand instances never yet thought of for an......
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A collection of photographs of the closed, bricked-up and boarded-up Ebenezer Welsh Baptist chapel, at Cefn Coed y Cymmer.
Cefn Coed y Cymmer is a small village at the crossroads of the A465 (Heads of the Valley) and A470 roads, about two miles north of Merthyr Tydfil town centre.
The most famous - and unmissable - landmark in Cefn Coed y Cymmer is the curved viaduct built in 1866 to carry the Brecon and Merthyr Railway line.
Ebenezer was built in 1838 and rebuilt in 1861 but when did this chapel close ?
Who owns the building and what are the plans for the future of the site ?
The photos reveal a chapel slowly de-constructing : becoming derelict, revealing constituent parts and architectural detail.
It seems to be held together precariously by the addition of some breeze blocks as...
Recycler and former railway worker Robert Grady was surprised to find a specialist railway manual offered on his local Rhondda Cynon Taff recently… Robert is an ex-railway guardsman who worked on the Valleys railway lines for many years.
As a conductor working across the Valleys railway lines, Robert carried this manual, and others, as part of his every day work load. “It’s a specialist manual called the National Routeing Guide so I was surprised to find it being freecycled,” said Robert.
“My wife Caroline and I learned to freecycle from my children… and we prefer to recycle rather than bin things… it’s such a waste.”
“We caught the train today. It was great to visit Aberdare once again.”
Photograph : Caroline and Robert Grady from Porth, in Rhondda Cynon......
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