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A 200' aerial view of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct outside Trevor, Wales. It is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee along w/ a pedestrian towpath.
The 19-arched stone and cast iron structure is for use by narrowboats and was built from 1795-1805. It is 12 feet wide and is the longest aqueduct in Great Britain at 1,008 feet as well as the highest canal aqueduct in the world at 127 feet.
More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct
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Wales (Cymru in the Welsh language) is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The major cities are Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Bangor. The city of St. Davids is the smallest city in the UK with a population around 2000. Wales itself has a population of around 3 million. The Welsh language is spoken by around 20% of the population.
