 It was down in his mines I got it, and it's his duty to see me righted ; and so he will, with God's help someday.If the gorsoons would let me alone, I'd be a dale healthier meeself ; but aftermee dip in the well, when I come down here to go over mee bades, and say ‘God be wid ould times,’ and think of where mee heart lies bleedin,’ – of the pleasant places, the singing strames and singing birds, and one that is singing sweeter than either up there now !The growing popularity of Taff's Well spring as a tourist destination was again reported in 1877 by the chemist J. W. Thomas  who said ‘the well waters have long since obtained some celebrity, especially the well water as a curative agent for rheumatism.’ Thomas sensibly concludes ‘we do not feel encouraged by this story (which, by the way, we rather fancy we have heard before) to insist very much upon the curative properties of the Water of Taff's Well.’

During the 19th century a weir was constructed across the River Taff.