Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions This episode looks at one of the great engineering achievements of the Industrial Revolution, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, tests the date of an ancient gate at ...

Without intervention, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct risks losing some of its ... cranked open and up to 2019 this was the method used to empty the canal: crowds would gather to watch the spectacle ...

Nestled in the hills of Dee Valley- a designated area of natural beauty - the impressive structure known as Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (which translates to Traphont Ddwr Pontcysyllte in Welsh ...

At a sharp curve over Chirk Aqueduct, the cottage once witnessed the world's tallest aqueduct until Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte surpassed ... to be completely empty and uninhabited," she said.