Ben Salter's photos with the keyword: Merthyr Tydfil

Penydarren Loco

Penydarren Loco

Ben Salter
25 Mar 2009 70
A model of Richard Trevithick's Penydarren Locomotive of 1804, the first locomotive to pull a load along rails.
Boys 1912

Boys 1912

Ben Salter
25 Mar 2009 1 71
Parts of the castle were turned into a school.
It gets my goat!

It gets my goat!

Ben Salter
25 Mar 2009 70
Strange backward looking goat heads face the castle doors.
Cyfarthfa Castle

Cyfarthfa Castle

Ben Salter
25 Mar 2009 79
The 'Ironmaster' William Crawshay commissioned Cyfarthfa Castle in 1824. This grand castellated mansion overlooked his immensely successful ironworks and has been called, "the most impressive monument of the Industrial Iron Age in South Wales".
Ornamental lake

Ornamental lake

Ben Salter
25 Mar 2009 60
A view of the impressive Cefn Coed Viaduct beyond the lake
Lake and Castle

Lake and Castle

Ben Salter
25 Mar 2009 62
The 'Ironmaster' William Crawshay commissioned Cyfarthfa Castle in 1824. This grand castellated mansion overlooked his immensely successful ironworks and has been called, "the most impressive monument of the Industrial Iron Age in South Wales".
Frontage

Frontage

Ben Salter
25 Mar 2009 69
The 'Ironmaster' William Crawshay commissioned Cyfarthfa Castle in 1824. This grand castellated mansion overlooked his immensely successful ironworks and has been called, "the most impressive monument of the Industrial Iron Age in South Wales".