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    The Western side of the dropped Efail Fach Bridge (Number 129) at Berriew.

This photo shows the end of the culvert carrying the canal under the road to Berriew Village.

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    Heading West  past the garden centre at  Efail Fach, we come to the next obstacle across the canal, the  pipe seen in this photo.

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    Shortly after leaving  Efail Fach you will find a narrows with stone built sides. This is probably the site of a swing bridge that  was reputed to have been in this area.

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    The canal then passes over a small stream.

You can see the point where they cross in the centre of the photo.

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    Hidden in the hedge is this run-off point used in the past for draining this section of  canal.

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    Cefn Garthmyl Bridge Number 130.

      Seen here from the Western side.

     Lime kilns were originally sited to the East of this bridge.

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    Heading in the direction of Newtown, you pass through this pleasant area before reaching Garthmyl.

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    This area is on the approach to Bridge Number 131 at Garthmyl.

     Garthmyl was once a busy industrial settlement with Lime Kilns, Maltings with  Drying Kiln, Wharves, Warehouses and Stables.

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    Chain Garthmyl Bridge (Bridge number 131).

Near to the Nags Head, the canal ends abruptly as it was cut by the construction of the main A483 trunk road passing over a de-watered section.

Garthmyl was, in the past, a considerable industrial area with wharf's, warehouses, stables, maltings, drying kilns and lime kilns.

Under the bridge, a culvert discharges crystal clear water carried under the road from the western end of the de-watered section.

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    This photo shows the crystal clear water mentioned in the previous caption.

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   Another view of Bridge Number 131, this time, taken across the A483 Trunk road and showing the present alignment of the road and canal.

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    One of the original Warehouses at Garthmyl that is still in use, adjacent to Bridge Number 131 which is sited  to the right of this photo.

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    Across the busy A483 Trunk Road you will find evidence of the original course of the canal that is now piped under the road from Bridge Number 131 and then following this course alongside the road before crossing the Montgomery Road under the flatted Nags Head Bridge Number 132.

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    By the side of the Montgomery Road, this is where the pipe carrying the water under the road from the western side comes to the surface before being piped along under the old course of the canal and across the A483 Trunk Road to Bridge Number 131.

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