The Historic Tennant Canal.

This page features a curated collection of articles and documents exploring the history of the Tennant Canal in South Wales.

• The Historic Tennant Canal – Stretching 8 miles from Port Tennant in Swansea to its junction with the Neath Canal at Aberdulais.
• The Opening of the Tennant Canal – The Tennant Canal officially opened on May 13, 1824, providing a waterway link between Swansea and Aberdulais.
• History and technology flow together through the Tennant Canal – Why an huge oil refinery needed its water supplies from a canal built in the 1820s.
• The Historic Environment – Schedule of Designated Canal Structures.PDF Doc (4.29MB)
• The Industrial History and Archaeology of West Wales.
• Canals of the Neath Valley – The Neath and Tennants Canal Trust. You can also download this PDF Doc (1mb).
• The Remarkable Tale of the Coombe Tennants of Cadoxton – The Tennant family came to the Neath area when, in 1817.
• What’s in a Name – The Tennants Family Development in Skewen.
• The ruins of the former Cardonnel Tinplate Works at Skewen, established in 1891.