4928 x 3264 px | 41,7 x 27,6 cm | 16,4 x 10,9 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
16. Dezember 2010
Ort:
aberaeron west wales
Weitere Informationen:
Aberaeron was planned and built in 1805 by the Rev. Alban Thomas Jones. It is built around the estuary of the River Aeron, which has been enlarged to provide a small half-tide harbour for recreational craft. The estuary is also crossed by a wooden pedestrian bridge. Crafts were an important part of village life. Information recorded in Trade Directories show that in 1830, although it was not yet fully developed as a port, there were in Aberaeron:[2] One woollen manufacturer, one boot maker, one baker, one corn miller, one blacksmith, one blacksmith and shovel maker, two shipwrights, one carpenter and one hat maker. In the late 1890s, a hand-powered cable car 'The Aeron Express' was built to ferry workers across the harbour when the bridge was demolished by floods. The structure was recreated in the late 1980s as a tourist attraction that ran until the end of summer 1994. The architecture of Aberaeron is unusual in this part of rural Wales, being constructed around a principal square of elegant Regency style buildings grouped around the harbour. Some of the architecture was of sufficient interest to feature on British postage stamps.
