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| Look Back at Old Bedwas and Trethomas Derrick Jones, Gordon Maslen and Tony Jukes (OHIHS archivist), of the Bedwas and Trethomas Local History Group, have jointly authored “Look Back at Old Bedwas and Trethomas”, the first photographic history of that area. Published by Old Bakehouse Publications of Abertillery in their “Look Back” series. In hard back, 128 pages, 217 illustrations. Price: £14.95 |
| Hall's Tramroad Our member Foster Frowen's long-awaited history of Benjamin Hall's tramroad is being published in four parts in “Archive, The Quarterly Journal for British Industrial and Transport History”. Hall's Tramroad: Abercarn. Part One. 1798-1827: The Early Years, is published in issue 55. Price: £6 |
| A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of South-East Wales “A Powerhouse of Industry - A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of South-East Wales”, was researched by members of this society and published by the Association for Industrial Archaeology for their 2003 conference in Cardiff. This 60-page, A5-size booklet, illustrated in colour, is a guide to the important industrial remains to be found between the rivers Ogmore and Wye. Sites are listed running up the valleys that geographically dominate the area. Not available in local bookshops. Price: £4.95 + p&p |
| The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals OHIHS chairman, Stephen Rowson, has jointly authored “The Glamorganshire & Aberdare Canals” with leading South Wales canal historian, Ian L. Wright. The second volume of this comprehensive history of these two long disappeared waterways brings us on a journey from the southern outskirts of Pontypridd, down the Taff Valley and through the city of Cardiff to the canal's entrance at the Sea Lock. The first chapter examines the coal trade around Pontypridd, which supplied much traffic to the canal, and also looks in detail at the Doctor's Canal and Tramroad. The means of supplying water to the canal and aspects of general maintenance are discussed in the following chapters and this is followed by an in depth and well illustrated study of the boats and boatmen of the Glamorganshire and Aberdare Canals. The journey south continues through Dynea, Nantgarw, Taff's Well, Whitchurch, Llandaff and Gabalfa, with the various industries connected to the canal, the communities it served and the public houses it passed all woven into the narrative. Melingriffith Tinplate Works and its historic pump are particularly well covered, whilst the Patent Fuel trade, so important to the Glamorganshire Canal in its later years, with the establishment of several works for the manufacture of fuel briquettes along its banks just to the north of Cardiff. Further chapters study the construction of the locks and the unusual weighing machine, which was latterly positioned alongside the lock at North Road but which today resides at the Waterways Museum at Stoke Bruerne. The canal's route through Cardiff, now almost totally obliterated, is featured in great detail and also its terminus to the south of the main South Wales railway line, the Sea Lock pound, also now completely filled in. The Junction Canal connecting to the mighty Bute Docks is featured, whilst a separate chapter covers the little known Glamorganshire Canal Railway which served this small corner of Cardiff's Dockland. Ian L. Wright's hand drawn maps once again feature at the end, as 'A View From The Boat', detailing a boatman's eye view as he makes his leisurely way south from Pontypridd in 1914. This lavishly illustrated volume once again includes a plethora of maps, as well as a colour section at the front illustrating the colours of the Glamorganshire Canal boats and also a number of historic paintings depicting the waterway. The two volumes together make up what is, without doubt, the finest canal history ever compiled and they are a fitting testament to these two long disappeared waterways, as well as the men that built them and the men who worked them. ISBN: 1-903-59912-1 |
| Abercarn Furnace From a careful study of the historical records, the society commissioned artist Michael Blackmore to draw the furnace and ironworks as it would have appeared in the 1770's. A limited edition copy (numbering 50) of this print is available from the society. Size: 42x53 cm. Price: £10 + p&p |