Painting of The old stone bridge (2008/20)
Pontypridd, South Wales
Prints are available - sizes 1, 10 and 11. Click HERE
This painting shows the River Taff and the two bridges along Bridge Street, Pontypridd.
The first and oldest stone bridge was built during the period of 1746 - 1754
by William Edwards and at that time was the longest single span bridge in the world.
Due to collapsing, the bridge was rebuilt a number of times, finally arriving at the structure shown with the holes on each side.
The bridge was so steep, carriages found it difficult to use so a second, three-arch Victoria Bridge,
was built by Thomas Jenkins around 1857 to carry road traffic. The original is now used as a footbridge.
