WPW032706 WALES (1930). Distant view of Ebbw Vale, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.
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Details
| Title | [WPW032706] Distant view of Ebbw Vale, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative. |
| Reference | WPW032706 |
| Date | 1930 |
| Link | Coflein Archive Item 6370850 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | WALES |
| Easting / Northing | 316800, 210000 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.2062224464759, 51.782019540859 |
| National Grid Reference | SO168100 |
Pins
 Pair of cottages on the Abercynon to Llanfabon road. Today there is a large National Grid electricity station just out of shot to the left. |
 Class31 |
Saturday 21st of March 2015 10:54:31 PM |
| Reservoir above Perhiwceiber which was the first feature to be identified thus enabling identification of the whole photo. Open reservoirs on tops of hills are unusual. |
Class31 |
Wednesday 28th of November 2012 11:14:12 AM |
| Edwardsville |
Class31 |
Wednesday 28th of November 2012 11:08:40 AM |
| Fiddler's Elbow to Nelson road A472 |
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Wednesday 28th of November 2012 11:07:29 AM |
| New Road |
Class31 |
Wednesday 28th of November 2012 11:04:56 AM |
| River Cynon |
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Wednesday 28th of November 2012 11:03:25 AM |
| Llechwen Hall now a Hotel |
Class31 |
Wednesday 28th of November 2012 11:01:46 AM |
| Field with distinctive curved boundary which can be seen on Google Satellite view to the west of the Nelson to Llanfabon road. |
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Wednesday 28th of November 2012 10:57:18 AM |
User Comment Contributions
I am confident on this one that I have the correct location. I suggest that the Map Reference is ST 08755 95518 which is Incline Top, Abercynon which is close to the centre of this photo. The photo was taken from above the Llanfabon to Nelson road looking north west towards Abercynon and the Cynon Valley. It is nowhere near Ebbw Vale! The field boundaries fit , the roads fit, everything fits. Please can you amend the official details. |
Class31 |
Wednesday 28th of November 2012 11:28:42 AM |
This is a photograph taken from above Llanfabon looking north west over Abercynon towards the Cynon Valley. It is some distance from the previous shot identified today as Upper Boat and is ten miles or so from Ebbw Vale as officially identified! I eventually found the pond in the hills and from this everything fits having identified others previously unidentified in this area. In South Wales most of the movement is north south up and down the valleys. This photo minimises the north south effect. There is hardly any industry in this photo which for South Wales is unusual. However the line of Trevithick's 1804 tramway crosses this shot so there is some important industry. |
Class31 |
Wednesday 28th of November 2012 10:29:37 AM |
Eureka Two in one day!! |
Class31 |
Wednesday 28th of November 2012 10:13:30 AM |
I suggest that this one is nowhere near the town of Ebbw Vale and should be regarded as unlocated for the present. I expect that it is somewhere in Gwent but I can't locate it at present. Good luck everyone. |
Class31 |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 08:10:33 PM |