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Rhiwbach quarry (also
known as Rhiw-bach quarry) was a
slate quarry located to the east of
Blaenau Ffestiniog in
North Wales. The
quarry was a
remote site;...
- The
Rhiwbach Tramway was a
Welsh industrial, 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm)
narrow gauge railway connecting the
remote slate quarries east of
Blaenau Ffestiniog...
- the settlement.
Higher up the
valley was the
Rhiwbach slate quarry,
which was
formerly linked by the
Rhiwbach Tramway to the
Ffestiniog Railway at Blaenau...
- The
remains of the
winding house at the head of the
Rhiwbach Tramway No. 2 incline, 2007...
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quarry was
connected to the
Ffestiniog Railway at
Duffws Station via the
Rhiwbach Tramway. Cwt y
Bugail means "Shepherd's Hut", and was
probably the only...
- to the Ffestiniog's
terminus at Duffws.
Instead slate was sent via the
Rhiwbach Tramway which ran
through the quarry. This
incurred extra shipping costs...
- head of Cwm
Penmachno to the north-east, a
series of
quarries started at
Rhiwbach, Cwt y
Bugail and
Blaen y Cwm. To the south-east
another cluster worked...
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Tanygrisiau The
remains of
Diphwys C****on mill
above the
Votty &
Bowydd pit The
Rhiwbach engine house The
cliffs of Nyth-y-Gigfran
James I. C. Boyd (1975). The...
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quarry near Cwm Penmachno, Conwy,
North Wales. It was
directly below the
Rhiwbach Quarry. It was
worked between 1818 and 1962. The
quarry was originally...
- Cwm Teigl. In 1863, the
Ffestiniog Railway completed construction of the
Rhiwbach Tramway,
which rose
through three inclines from
Blaenau Ffestiniog and...
