Sir Daniel Gooch was a legendary early engineer with the Great Western Railway. but his working life consisted of more than locomotives.

He served his apprenticeship at Tredegar Ironworks, where he experienced four near fatal accidents!

Read our latest ‘Classic Review’ online (text or audio): “Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch, Baronet’ by Daniel Gooch. Available by free download.

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The Nant Dyar Viaduct in the Clydach Gorge: part of that incredible feat of engineering, the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway (absorbed by the London and North Western Railway).

It was built by engineer John Gardner in 1862 and widened in 1877.

Eight arches comprising a total length of 312 feet and standing 75 feet off the valley floor. Now a Grade II listed building and mainained as a footpath.

(📷 South Wales Argus)

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