1980

SS8796 : Gelli Tunnel near Croeserw

taken 44 years ago, near to Croeserw, Neath Port Talbot/Castell-Nedd Port Talbot, Wales

Gelli Tunnel near Croeserw
Gelli Tunnel near Croeserw
Western portal of the 169yd, single track Gelli tunnel on the former Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway between Caerau and Cymmer, photographed in 1980. The site was relatively unchanged apart from the growth of a lot of undergrowth and saplings when I revisited it in 2005.

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Category: Railway tunnel
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Near Gelli [5] · Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway [4] · Tunnel [3] ·
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SS8796, 52 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Bill Blair   (more nearby)
Date Taken
1980   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 20 September, 2006
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SS 871 962 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:39.1930N 3:38.0029W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SS 870 962
View Direction
EAST (about 90 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph (First for SS8796) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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