Contract, 9 November 1865: John Turton Woolley of London, esq., to John Dickson of Neath, contractor: Building and extension of the Neath and Brecon Railway to run from: (1) the Dulas Valley Mineral Railway in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath near the junction with the Vale of Neath Railway to a junction with the Vale of Neath Railway in the same parish (2) the Dulas Valley Mineral Railway in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath to a point on the same line in Ystradgynlais (co. Brecon) (3) the termination of the Dulas Valley Mineral Railway on Drim Common in Ystradgynlais (co. Brecon), to a junction with the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway in the parish of St. John the Evangelist, Brecon (4) a junction with the Neath and Brecon Railway at Maescar, Defynog (co. Brecon), to a junction with the Central Wales Extension Railway at Treflys, Llangammarch (co. Brecon) (5) a point on the Neath and Brecon Railway on Drim Common, Ystradgynlais (co. Brecon), to a point north of the Maesmarchog colliery, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. Endorsed: cancellation of above contract on completion of railway, 31 August 1866. 1865

This material is held atWest Glamorgan Archive Service

  • Reference
    • GB 216 D/D Z 1/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1865
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; parchment mutilated

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