The Fourteen Locks Canal Wales . Here today I took these photos of a place in Wales of outstanding natural beauty 10 minutes walk from my house, so I did not have to go far however I would like to share them with you the group and my dear facebook friends. The area is called the Fourteen locks despite over 100 thousand people have come to see this beautiful area of beauty from all over the world although you wont find it in your tourist guide book unless you look very close. This area has the lot History beautiful lakes wildlife mountains beautiful plants and trees, museum and much more. Here is the write up below thanks for viewing jolly decent of you.Warmest regards from Stewie. The Fourteen Locks Canal and Conference Centre is next to the pound below the top lock and includes exhibits about the canal, changing displays of local art, a meeting room and a tea room. Guided walks along the canal are offered by the centre. In the first three years of operation, the centre attracted 150,000 visitors. History The Monmouthshire Canal was authorised by an Act of Parliament obtained in June 1792, and consisted of a main line from Newport to Pontnewynydd, which would eventually join up with the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal once that was built, and a branch running from Crindai, now called Malpas, to Crumlin. Both sections were heavily locked, the main line rising 435 feet (133 m) through 41 locks, and the branch rising 358 feet (109 m) through 32 locks. The Rogerstone flight on the Crumlin Branch had the largest number of locks. The branch also had seven at Aber-carn and five at Allt-yr-ynn
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:38:17 +0000
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