Rail Before the use of locomotives, railway track was used at various stages of the canal system to link locations to which the waterways could not reach. These wagons on these tramlines would be pulled by horse over wooden rails, which later were replaced by wrought iron.Evans (1948), p.39 In 1809 Richard Griffiths built a private tram-road to the Glamorganshire Canal from his coal mine in Gyfeillion.Lewis (1959), p.40 The Gyfeillion site was extended further in 1811 to link Walter Coffin's mine at Dinas Rhondda,Lewis (1959), p.42 allowing the first viable transport link from the Rhondda coal fields to the ports of Cardiff.
Rail Before the use of locomotives, railway track was used at various stages of the canal system to link locations to which the waterways could not reach. These wagons on these tramlines would be pulled by horse over wooden rails which later were replaced by wrought iron.Evans (1948), p.39 In 1809 Richard Griffiths built a private tram-road to the Glamorganshire Canal from his coal mine in Gyfeillion.Lewis (1959), p.40 The Gyfeillion site was extended further in 1811 to link Walter Coffin's mine at Dinas RhonddaLewis (1959), p.42 allowing the first viable transport link from the Rhondda coal fields to the ports of Cardiff.