Risca

Blackvein Colliery and Village

Blackvein Colliery level crossing	Level crossing signal box	Blackvein village, Risca	Blackvein village, Risca
Accident at Blackvein	Blackvein Miners Cemetery	Blackvein Colliery, Risca	Blackvein Colliery, Risca
Blackvein Colliery, Risca	Blackvein Colliery, Risca	Blackvein Colliery, Risca	Blackvein Village, Risca
Blackvein level crossing	Blackvein Village, Risca

The Longbridge

Risca Longbridge was a fine masonry viaduct with thirty-two arches that was built in 1805 to carry a branch of the Monmouthshire Canal Company's tramroad across the Ebbw Valley flood plain. It was constructed from red pennant sandstone by John Hodgkinson. Following the opening of the Sirhowy railway, the long bridge was redundant by 1859 and was demolished in 1902. Local houses have been built from its stone and the east abutment is the only remaining fragment.

The abutments of the longbridge	The longbridge	The longbridge	The longbridge
The longbridge	The longbridge	The longbridge	The longbridge
The longbridge	The longbridge	The longbridge	The longbridge
The longbridge	The longbridge	The longbridge	The longbridge
The longbridge	Risca Longbridge demolition

Danygraig

Danygraig bridge	Danygraig bridge	Danygraig Road	Danygraig
Danygraig brickworks	Danygraig brickworks	Danygraig brickworks	Danygraig brickworks
Danygraig brickworks	Danygraig bridge	Danygraig bridge	Danygraig copper works
Copper works houses	Danygraig copperworks token	Danygraig copperworks token	Danygraig copperworks token
Danygraig from The Graig	Danygraig Rd from The Graig	Danygraig from Risca	Danygraig limekiln
Danygraig Quarry machine	Sugar Loaf Inn, Danygraig

Lord Tredegar's Visit, 1896

There were seven arches to welcome Lord Tredegar to the Eisteddfod at Risca on 5th October 1896. They were the Pontymister Arch, the Huntsmans Arch, the Foundry Arch, the Gardeners Arch, the Tenants Arch, the Darren Arch and the Colliery Arch.

Lord Tredegar's Visit, 1896	Lord Tredegar's Visit, 1896	Lord Tredegar's Visit, 1896	Lord Tredegar's Visit, 1896
Lord Tredegar's Visit, 1896	Lord Tredegar's Visit, 1896	Lord Tredegar's Visit, 1896	Lord Tredegar's Visit, 1896

The Darren

Darren brickworks	Darren brickworks	Darren Quarry	Darren Quarry
Darren brickworks	Darren brickworks	Darren Quarry	Darren Quarry
Darren Quarry	Darren Quarry	Darren Quarry	Darren Quarry

The 1979 Flood

On 27th December 1979 the River Ebbw burst its banks and Risca and Pontmister were inundated with floodwater.

Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979
Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979
Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979
Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979
Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979
Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979
Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979
Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979
Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979	Risca floods, 1979
Risca floods, 1979	Risca flood prevention work	Risca flood prevention work	Risca flood prevention work

The Railways through Risca

The Great Western line to Ebbw Vale and the LMS line to Tredegar and Sirhowy

The goods shed	The goods shed	The goods shed	The goods shed
The goods shed	The goods shed	The goods shed
Risca Junction	Risca Junction	Risca Junction	Risca Junction
Risca Junction and Station	Risca Junction	Risca Junction	Risca Junction
Limekiln level crossing, Risca	Limekiln level crossing, Risca	Limekiln level crossing
Limekiln level crossing, Risca	Limekiln level crossing	Limekiln level crossing
Limekiln level crossing	Limekiln level crossing	Limekiln level crossing
Sirhowy railway line	Sirhowy railway line	Sirhowy railway line	Sirhowy railway line
Sirhowy railway line	Sirhowy railway line	Sirhowy railway demolition	Sirhowy railway demolition
Sirhowy railway demolition	Sirhowy railway demolition	Sirhowy railway demolition	Sirhowy railway demolition
Sirhowy railway demolition	Sirhowy railway demolition
Risca railway station	Risca railway station	Risca railway station	Risca railway station
Risca railway station	Risca railway station	Risca station and junction	Risca railway station
Risca railway station	Risca railway station	Risca railway station	Risca railway station
Risca railway station	Risca railway station	Risca railway station	Risca railway station approach

Commercial Risca - Shops and Public Houses

Albert Hotel, Risca	H Beavis lorry, Risca	The Britannia Inn, Risca	The Britannia Inn, Risca
Butcher's shop, Risca	E M Hale, butcher	Church House Inn (Darren)
Exchange Inn	Exchange Inn	Exchange Inn	Wallace Jones shop
Findlays chemist shop	Findlays chemist shop	Alexander Ogilvy Findlay, chemist	E Thomas, hairdresser
Globe Inn	Globe Inn	PM Storms, chemist and optician	PM Storms, chemist and optician
PM Storms, chemist and optician	PM Storms, chemist and optician	PM Storms, chemist and optician	D McCarthy's mobile grocery shop
The Temple of Fashion	Railway Tavern	Redwoods greengrocers	Star's grocers

Social and Sporting Risca

1st Brownies 1930s	Risca baths	Carnival at Risca	Carnival at Risca
A fair next to the baths	Canal boat outing, Cwmcarn	Risca Distress Fund	Orpheus Glee Party, 1939
Oxford House camp	Oxford House choir	Palace Cinema	Palace Cinema, 1975
Risca R F C	Risca R F C	Risca R F C	Risca R F C
Risca R F C	Risca R F C	Risca R F C	Risca R F C

Risca Schools, Churches and Chapels

Church anniversary procession	Church anniversary procession	Church anniversary procession	Church anniversary procession
Colliery Chapel poster	Rookery chapel	Risca school	Risca Town School
Methodist Sunday School ,1893	Risca cemetery	Risca cemetery
St Marys Church	St Marys Church	St Marys Church wedding
Zoar chapel	Zoar Presbyterian Church	Zoar Presbyterian Church	Zoar Presbyterian Church

Aound and about in Risca

Black Bridge, Risca	Colliery Row footbridge	Brynhyfryd from the canal
Construction work for the bypass	Construction work for the bypass	Construction work for the bypass	Construction work for the bypass
Canal bank and houses	Canal view at Moriah Hill	Canal view at Moriah Hill	Canal view near Gelli
Riflemans Street, Risca		Colliers Institute, Risca	Council Offices opening
Cromwell Road	Cromwell Road	Cromwell Road	Cromwell Road
Cromwell Road	Cromwell Road	Cromwell Road, Risca
Ebbw Street, Risca	Exchange Road	Exchange Road
Risca from the Graig	Risca from the Graig	Risca from the river bank	Gelli Avenue
Gelli Avenue and Prospect House	Gloster Javelin over Risca	Gloster Javelin over Risca	Gloster Javelin over Risca
Manor House	Manor House	Manor House	Manor House
Manor House	The demolition of Leaky bridge	Grove House, Risca	Rear of Holly House
Moriah Chapel	Moriah Hill	Near the station	New building work
Tredegar Park	Tredegar Park	Rose Cottage, Park Road	The canal at Penrhiw
Prospect House	Risca in the snow	Risca in the snow	St Mary Street
St Mary Street	St Marys from Sirhowy railway	Risca street scene	The Laurels
Tredegar Street	Tredegar Street	Tredegar Street
The canal at Ty mawr	Ty Sign, Risca	Risca UDC Offices
Risca view	Risca view	Risca view	Risca view
Risca view	Risca view	Risca view	Risca view
Risca view	Risca war memorial	Risca war memorial	The weir, Risca