Grateful for any information re following.
During walk just after Easter 'discovered' remains of formation of a
tramway running approx. north-south along Dimbath valley, which itself runs
approx. north from the east-west section of Ogwr Fach valley. Picked it up
at ford at SS 950 880 (1:50000 Ist series sheet 170). It's not marked on
this edition but course shown as footpath on current 1:50000 OS map (not to
hand). It is, indeed, now a footpath, & through very nice mixed woodland.
The part followed runs north from this reference along western bank of Nant
Iechyd. I assume it ran south from reference to join GW Ogwr Fach branch.
A recently arrived local told me he had been told that trial borings for
coal were successful & that the tramway & a public house (now a farmhouse)
were built (the latter at the ford) in anticipation of construction of
colliery & usual ribbon development of associated housing but further
borings indicated heavy faulting & project abandoned.
This leaves me with a lot of quetions: Is this correct? When was it? Who
promoted it? Where was colliery to be sited? Was coal either side of
fault(s) subsequently worked by adjacent collieries? ... ... ?
Thanks in advance.
Kindest regards,
Ken Smith.
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