List_of_quarries_served_by_the_Ffestiniog_Railway

List of quarries served by the Ffestiniog Railway

List of quarries served by the Ffestiniog Railway

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The Festiniog Railway served a cluster of quarries around the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. Most of these were slate quarries, although granite quarries and zinc mines were also connected by narrow gauge tramways to the railway.[1]

Map

Narrow gauge quarry tramways around Blaenau Ffestiniog. Not all lines shown, not all lines existed at the same time

The quarries

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Images

  • The ruined mill at Blaen-y-Cwm, in 2005
  • The remains of Conglog mill
  • Cwmorthin Quarry seen from across the lake
  • Maenofferen adit and mill
  • The inclines leading down from Diphwys Casson into Votty & Bowydd
  • Llechwedd and Oakeley from the north. Llechwedd is on the left, the slate tips on the right are Oakeley
  • The incline connecting the Wrysgan quarry to the Festiniog Railway at Tanygrisiau
  • The remains of Diphwys Casson mill above the Votty & Bowydd pit
  • The Rhiwbach engine house
  • The cliffs of Nyth-y-Gigfran

References

  1. [1]
    James I. C. Boyd (1975). The Festiniog Railway: Volume 2. The Oakwood Press.
  2. [2]
    "The Vale of Ffestiniog: Historical processes and background". Gwynedd Archeological Trust. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
  3. [3]
    "MAENOFFEREN;MAEN-OFFEREN;MAEN Y FFEREM;MAEN OFFEREN SLATE MINE, BLAENAU FFESTINIOG". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales.
  4. [4]
    Sallery, Dave. "Manod / Welsh Slate's 'Cwt y Bugail Quarry': A brief history of the quarry".
  5. [5]
    "MOELWYN SLATE MINE". The Royal Commission on the Historical and Ancient Monuments of Wales.
  6. [6]
    Robinson, Iain (25 September 2011). "On the slopes of Moelwyn".
  7. [7]
    (Map). 1:2500. Ordnance Survey. 1919. {{cite map}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. [8]
    "Quarry losses hit Snowdonia town". BBC Wales News. 17 March 2010.
  9. [9]
    Robinson, Iain (11 March 2012). "Around Llyn Ystradau…an interesting circular walk".

Bibliography

Main article: Ffestiniog Railway

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