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Single Shot Series: Mumbles Lighthouse

Posted by Stuart Herbert on December 5th, 2007 in Merthyr Road, Photos.

It might be a long way from Merthyr Road, but the sea front between Swansea and Mumbles is just as historically important. It is the site of the world’s first passenger railway service, just three years after Richard Trevithick started the ball rolling with the world’s first steam-powered railway journey.

Unfortunately, there’s nothing left of the railway today. It was dismantled in 1960. But at the end of the route stands Mumbles Pier, and from the end of the pier I took this lovely shot of Mumbles Lighthouse at the end of the bay.

About The Author

Stuart has been writing PHP applications since 2003, and has been contributing to open-source software since 1994. He was an early writer for php|architect, a co-author of the Official Zend Certification Study Guide for PHP 4, and a regular speaker at conferences and user groups since 2004. When he's not designing software, Stuart loves to explore the world through a camera lens, spend time with his beloved guitars, and continue his study to T'ai Chi Chu'an (Taijiquan).

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