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The Aberdare Canal (Welsh: Camlas Aberdâr) was a canal in Glamorganshire Wales which ran from Aberdare to a junction with the Glamorganshire Canal at Abercynon. It opened in 1812 and served the iron and coal industries for nearly 65 years. The arrival of railways in the area did not immediately affect its traffic but the failure of the iron industry in 1875 and increasing subsidence due to coal mining led to it becoming uneconomic.
