The Canal Alteryn near Newport

Frith postcard view. From the private collection of Graham Jarvis.

Canal Bridge at Alteryn Newport

Cambria Series postcard view. From the private collection of Graham Jarvis.

Little Switzerland Showing the Reservoir Newport

A great postcard view of a section of the fourteen locks - a Cambria Series postcard.

MR & CCo. Llantarnam Boundary Post

Boundary post of Monmouthshire Railway & Canal Company at Malpas, near Newport. Source: "The Railways of Newport" - article in "The Railway Magazine" July 1960.

Horse Drawn Barge On The Canal Newport

From a private collection.

The Bridge Over The Canal - Old Green Crossing Mid 1890s

Taken shortly after the buildings adjacent to the castle and bridge had been demolished in order to fill in 'the dip'.

Allt-yr-yn Lido, August 29 1936.

From the Weekly Argus, Saturday 29 August 1936. THE FREE "LIDO". - Newport schoolchildren take full advantage of the free bathing facilities offered by Monmouthshire Canal at Allt-yr-yn.

Aerial Photo - Mid 1920s

The temporary road bridge is in place which dates the picture to the mid 1920s. Castle grounds are in use. Good view of the top of Shaftesbury Street.

Canal Barge

Ernest Stephens has contacted us with the following information about this photo: The barge is on the Monmouthshire canal. On the left is Cordes Dos works. The railway system to the right of photograph was formally The Monmouthshire Railway headin...

Llan-ych-avel Farm Off Bettws Lane

The farm and outbuildings were demolished to make way for Bettws Comprehensive School which in its turn has been demolished for the building of the new Newport High School. The photo was taken from Blaen-y-Pant Crescent, looking over the canal tow...

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