Images of Wales

Saturday, 31 January 1998

Landore Viaduct
Swansea, Glamorgan

Photography by John Ball - 1.00pm, 31 January 1998
(with Agfa ePhoto307 digital camera)

This viaduct carries the main railway line across the Lower Swansea Valley into
the city of Swansea. It was built in 1856 by the famous civil engineer
Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Above: Panoramic view of the viaduct. A high-speed Inter-City 125 train is
heading out of Swansea, while a Saturday afternoon football match is in
progress in the foreground.

Above: The main span over the River Tawe. Brunel originally used a timber
construction, but this was later replaced by the present steel span.
The Morfa sports stadium is visible through the arch on the left bank of the river.

Above left: The River Tawe under the viaduct is stained orange by iron-polluted
water seeping from land which once carried Swansea's iron and copper industries.
Above right: One of the many masonry piers which support the viaduct.

Above: The curve of the viaduct, looking westwards towards Landore and
the city of Swansea.

Above: Looking eastwards towards Neath, with the river span in the distance.

Above: Rossi's Fish and Chip Restaurant, built in the shadow of Landore Viaduct.

Above: Siloh Chapel in Siloh Road, which passes underneath Landore Viaduct.