CanalsThe physical features of the Rhondda Valleys discouraged the construction of canals as there would have been the necessity of construction far too many locks in relation tom the mileage. Clause 57 of the Glamorgan Canal Navigation Act stated
Two of the early owners of the Glamorgan
Canal Company were Dr. Richard Griffiths and
Jeremiah Homfray and they realised that it
would be an easy matter to link up any
mining enterprise begun in the Lower Rhondda
to the canal at Treforest by a few miles of
tramroad. |
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