Dyfrbont a Chamlas Pontcysyllte Pontcysyllte and Chwith: Mae’r Cwblhawyd Dyfrbont Pontcysyllte ym 1805, ac mae’n modelau digidol hyn ganolbwynt enfawr i’r Safle Treftadaeth Byd. Cydnabyddir yn yn dangos colofnau rhyngwladol ei bod hi’n gampwaith ym myd peirianneg sifil. arloesol, asennau bwâu, cafn a llwybr Fe’i cynlluniwyd gan a William Jessop, dwy tynnu Dyfrbont athrylith greadigol o oes y Chwyldro Diwydiannol. Pontcysyllte. Left: These digital completed in 1805, is the monumental models show the innovative piers, centrepiece of the World Heritage Site and is acknowledged arch ribs, trough and internationally as a masterpiece of civil engineering. It was towing path of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. designed by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, two of the PALC15 NPRN 34410 creative geniuses of the Industrial Revolution. Isod: Mae Dyfrbont Pontcysyllte’n croesi dyffryn Afon Dyfrdwy mewn cafn o haearn bwrw ar ddeunaw colofn o feini 38.4m uwchlaw’r afon.

Below: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct crosses the Dee Valley on eighteen tapering stone piers, in a trough 38.4m above the river.

PALC15 NPRN 34410 Uchod: Profodd y defnyddio arloesol ar haearn bwrw wrth adeiladu cafn y gamlas fod potensial i haearn bwrw fel defnydd adeiladu.

Above: The pioneering use of cast iron in the construction of the canal trough proved the potential of cast iron as a building material.

DS2007_151_022 NPRN 34410 Uchod: Fyddai hi ddim wedi bod yn bosibl defnyddio technegau traddodiadol adeiladu dyfrbontydd camlesi i godi’r adeiladwaith enfawr ym Mhontcysyllte.

Above: It would not have been possible to build the towering structure at AP_2006_0914 NPRN 34410 Pontcysyllte using the traditional techniques of navigable aqueduct construction. Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Cofnod Henebion Cenedlaethol Cymru National Monuments Record of Wales

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