A bronze statue on a square granite pedestal. A standing male figure with left foot forward, studying unfurled plans of his dock and railway development at Barry. The statue is situated by the bridge that was his first important success, built in the parish of his birth. It was erected by public subscription at a cost of £1,200. David Davies (1818–1890) was a self-made engineer, industrialist and entrepreneur. He was born in Llandinam and started work as a sawyer. His first public contract was to construct the approach road to Llandinam Bridge, and this launched his career as a civil engineer. He built some of the first railway lines in Wales and then went into coal production, opening mines in the Rhondda Valley. He later chaired the Ocean Coal Company.