Pontardawe 1913 (Old Ordnance Survey Map)

[RichardHC]

Pontardawe 1913

Another reprint of an old Ordnance Survey in the long series published by Alan Godfrey Maps.

This time we visit the Swansea Valley and the town of Pontardawe. The River Tawe runs up the centre of the map as does the Midland Railway's Swansea Vale branch. A little to the west in the Swansea Canal. Pontardawe station just creeps onto the bottom of the map. As usual on the reverse of the there is historical essay of the area.

The map is available from bookshop of direct from the publishers www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk. The ISBN is 978 1 78721 937 3

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Richard Coulthurst (WRRC Member 379)