Neath and Tennant Canals Trust

View across aqueduct during assembly on site. Work on demolishing the old aqueduct and building a new one started in May 2007. A delay in the start date was due to the requirement, following test borings, to redesign the piles and foundations to be used to support the new aqueduct. Folloing the sealing off of the canal and the removal of the steel pipes used to maintain a water supply across the old, damaged aqueduct, demolition of the remaining stonework was quickly carried out. Installation of the piles at either side of the river started in June and was completed in September, when work then started on the castings of the concrete foundations. The steel trough has now been placed in position on the concrete castings.. Due to the initial delays, the complete date of construction has now been put forward to February 2008.