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The Aberdulais Falls are found on the River Dulais at Aberdulais, near Neath in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The falls are formed as the river plunges over beds of hard Lower Pennant Sandstone just before meeting the River Neath flowing down the Vale of Neath. They are home to Europe's largest electricity-generating water wheel.
The River Dulais rises on Mynydd y Drum in the western Brecon Beacons. It flows down the Dulais Valley, through the villages of Seven Sisters and Crynant, before reaching its confluence with the River Neath after about 7 mi (11 km). Here it flows over a ridge of Pennant sandstone, entering a gorge that was carved by meltwater from a glacier 20,000 years ago. Originally the falls were nearer the sea, but the water has eroded the rock and cut its way back to its present location. The River Dulais is prone to flash floods when heavy rain falls in its catchment area
Power has been drawn from the waterfall since 1584, when it first provided energy used in the manufacture of copper, using ore imported from Cornwall. The copper-works ceased to operate early in the 17th century, and the site was later used for corn-milling and later as a tinplate works. The weir and waterwheel were added during the 19th century.[2] The waterwheel used today is a modern steel structure. It is the largest waterwheel generating electricity in Europe, with a diameter of 8.2 m (27 ft). It has 72 buckets to catch the falling water and rotates at a rate of five revolutions per minute.
The falls and associated industrial infrastructure are in the care of the National Trust in recognition of the site's value as a key part of the region's industrial heritage. Car parking for visitors is available just off the A465 road which passes the site.
Tees Viaduct, was just to the West of Barnard Castle station. This impressive structure was 132 ft high and 732 ft long. Although the Stainmore route closed in 1962. The line from Darlington to Barnard Castle and the branch line to Middleton-in-Teesdale, limped on for another 3 years, but the writing was always on the wall. This was a well thought out trick by British Rail. By closing a big section of the stainmore line they had simply rendered the rest of the route useless.On November 29th 1971, the demolition men moved in and began cutting up the 120 ft spans.
Scanned from a transparency taken by my Grandfather in 1972
Melody Mangler performs in the Best Debut category at the Burlesque Hall of Fame 2009 Best of Burlesque Pageant.
Plantones de Mangle Rojo (Rizophora mangle) brotando por regerenación natural en el Santuario Nacional Los Manglares de Tumbes,
@mfrissen's son with a v. cool Tweetup banner. Credit: M. Frissen
For some more fantastic photos of this event, please visit the flickr group: www.flickr.com/groups/spacetweetup2011/
TITLE
Mangled auto in Keene NH
CREATOR
Keene Camera Club
SUBJECT
Automobiles - NH - Keene
DESCRIPTION
Photograph of a mangled auto. "The photographer might have had this in mind, "I wonder if the automobile is here to stay."
PUBLISHER
Keene Public Library
DATE DIGITAL
20080509
DATE ORIGINAL
RESOURCE TYPE
photographs
FORMAT
image/jpg
RESOURCE IDENTIFIER
hsykkpc041
RIGHTS MANAGMENT
No known restriction on publication.