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The Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal was a canal and tramroad system in Carmarthenshire, Wales, built to carry anthracite coal to the coast for onward transportation by coastal ships. It began life as Kymer's Canal in 1766, which linked pits at Pwll y Llygod to a dock near Kidwelly. Access to the dock gradually became more difficult as the estuary silted up, and an extension to Llanelli was authorised in 1812. Progress was slow, and the new canal was linked to a harbour at Pembrey built by Thomas Gaunt in the 1820s, until the company's own harbour at Burry Port was completed in 1832. Tramways served a number of collieries to the east of Burry Port.

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rdfs:label	Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal (en)
rdfs:comment	The Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal was a canal and tramroad system in Carmarthenshire, Wales, built to carry anthracite coal to the coast for onward transportation by coastal ships. It began life as Kymer's Canal in 1766, which linked pits at Pwll y Llygod to a dock near Kidwelly. Access to the dock gradually became more difficult as the estuary silted up, and an extension to Llanelli was authorised in 1812. Progress was slow, and the new canal was linked to a harbour at Pembrey built by Thomas Gaunt in the 1820s, until the company's own harbour at Burry Port was completed in 1832. Tramways served a number of collieries to the east of Burry Port. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Carmarthen Carmarthenshire Canals opened in 1832 River Gwendraeth Pembrey Plateway Anthracite Llanelli Burry Port Wales Ironstone Toll road Grand Western Canal History of the British canal system John Rennie the Elder Thomas Gaunt James Green (engineer) Canals in Wales Act of Parliament Kidwelly Laugharne Coal Great Western Railway Pontyates Pontyberem St Clears Bude Canal Works of James Green Canal inclined plane Manpower Services Commission South Wales Railway Canals of Great Britain Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway Llanstephan dbr:Thomas_Kymer dbr:Ashburnham_Canal dbr:Capel_Ifan dbr:Cwmmawr dbr:Kilrhos dbr:Pont_Henry
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/CMNAntGwendraeth.html http://www.kidwellyhistory.co.uk/Articles/Port/Port.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150702162604/http:/www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/CMNAntGwendraeth.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190505164338/http:/www.kidwellyhistory.co.uk/Articles/Port/Port.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=pwTY9vcVYXg
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branch	Burry Port (en)
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image caption	Kymer's dock at Kidwelly, reconstructed in 1990. (en)
status	Replaced by a railway 1869 (en)
has abstract	The Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal was a canal and tramroad system in Carmarthenshire, Wales, built to carry anthracite coal to the coast for onward transportation by coastal ships. It began life as Kymer's Canal in 1766, which linked pits at Pwll y Llygod to a dock near Kidwelly. Access to the dock gradually became more difficult as the estuary silted up, and an extension to Llanelli was authorised in 1812. Progress was slow, and the new canal was linked to a harbour at Pembrey built by Thomas Gaunt in the 1820s, until the company's own harbour at Burry Port was completed in 1832. Tramways served a number of collieries to the east of Burry Port. In 1832 engineer James Green advised on extending the system, and suggested a line with three inclined planes to reach Cwmmawr, further up the Gwendraeth Valley. Although Green had experience with inclined planes on other canals, he underestimated the cost and could not complete the work. He was sacked in 1836, but the canal company finished the new route the following year. The canal was moderately successful, and shareholders received dividends from 1858. In 1865 the company changed its name to become the Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway, amalgamated with the company running Burry Port in the following year, and the canal became the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway in 1869. Kymer's dock at Kidwelly continued to be used for the export of coal by coasters for another 50 years. It was used as a rubbish dump during the 1950s, but together with a short section of the canal was restored in the 1980s. A few of the structures of the canal can still be traced in the landscape, and the route of the now closed railway can be followed for most of its length. (en)

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