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Bryn Eglwys Quarry Bryn Eglwys was first quarried, on a small scale, in the 1840s by John Pughe with the slate transported to Aberdyfi using a mixture of pack animals, carts and sledges. From Aberdyfi, the slate was transported by ship to the rest of UK and the world.

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Bryn Eglwys Quarry

All but invisible from the main valley road, and from the present-day terminus of the Talyllyn Railway at Nant Gwernol, the quarry once employed 300 men and in its time produced 300,000 tons of slate and slabs. Bryn Eglwys lies on the same veins of slate as the quarries further east around Corris and Aberllefenni.

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English - Coflein

Bryneglwys Slate Quarry is located on the south-east side of the Dysynni valley, above Abergynolwyn. ... (NPRN 34946) which extended above Abergynolwyn to the quarry workings. During the latter part of the nineteenth century output exceeded 8000 tons per annum and more than 250 were employed. This had reduced to 120 workers in 1898 and 57 in ...

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Report - Gaewern Slate Mine, Abercorris, Dec17 - 28DaysLater.uk

There had been a quarry at Aberllefenni since around 1500, but quarrying started at Gaerwen in 1820 and Braich Goch around 1830 and at Abergynolwyn about 1847. From 1865, slates were transported from this quarry on the Tal-y-llyn Railway. A railway for carrying slate was also built at Corris as well. Gaewern Slate Quarry was amalgamated with ...

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Slate fencing EarthCache - Geocaching

Slate fencing (GC5ZZ94) was created by Optimist on the run on 8/14/2015. It's a Other size geocache, with difficulty of 2, terrain of 2.5. ... Some slate mining still continues at Penrhyn quarries in North Wales, though the quarries at Bryn Eglwys at Abergynolwyn closed permanently in 1946 after a serious roof fall.

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Durham Mining Museum - Bryneglwys (Slate) (UK)

Feb 9, 20211890's - Abergynolwyn Slate Quarries Co. Output: 1884 - Slate. 1890 - Slate. 1896 - Slate. Employment: 1884 - 287 (148 below, 139 surface) ... Evans, David, 07 Dec 1877, aged 38, Slate miner, These two men were found dead in their working place by another miner working near them when he was going through the place between 10 and 11 at night ...

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The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales - World Heritage Site

Abandoned and isolated on the moors, the ruin of the Ynysypandy Mill told its own story about the 19th century boom and bust that momentarily transformed the rugged and sparsely-inhabited mountains of northwestern Wales into the world's main source for a very in-demand material: slate. The UK has a rich and varied history.

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Slate landscape of north west Wales becomes latest UNESCO World ...

Jul 28, 2021Bryneglwys Slate Quarry, Abergynolwyn Village and the Talyllyn Railway; Wales' existing world heritage sites are the Castles and Town Walls of Edward I at Caernarfon, Conwy, ...

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World Heritage Site Bid - Talyllyn Railway

Slate quarries exported their people, skills, knowledge and technology to quarries all over the world and in turn, learnt from them and their industries. ... Bryneglwys quarry and Abergynolwyn village provide amazing snapshots of the extraction, processing, transport and community from the heyday of the North Wales slate industry. The ...

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Penrhyn Slate Quarry and Bethesda, and the Ogwen Valley to Port Penrhyn ...

Here, the world's first circular stone cutting saws were installed in 1802, sawing slabs of slate. Water from a nearby river provided power for the machinery. This is where the tramway, built in 1801 to connect the quarry with Port Penrhyn, crossed the river.

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Abergynolwyn in Wales - Tripmondo

Bryn Eglwys was a remote slate quarry located near Abergynolwyn in Gwynedd, Wales. Located at 52.6333, -3.93139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away. Wikipedia Article Slate mines in Gwynedd, Talyllyn Railway, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant Mary Jones and her Bible

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The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales World Heritage Site

• Component Part 6: Bryneglwys Slate Quarry, Abergynolwyn Village and the Talyllyn Railway . 2.4 Within each Component Part, physical features which embody the attributes of Outstanding Universal Value have been identified. Each Component Part has its own unique character. They have been chosen for their scale (all of the largest relic quarries

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Sara Eade - AbeBooks

Bryneglwys Slate Quarry Abergynolwyn Merionethshire. Holmes, Alan; Eade, Sara. Published by Sara ... [Quarries and quarrying Wales Abergynolwyn History - Slate industry Wales Abergynolwyn History - Abergynolwyn (Wales) History] p1614 / m12316. More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks. New offers from US$ 36.19. Used offers from US$ 29 ...

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Photographs of Bryneglwys (Abergynolwyn) Slate Mine

Home > Mines, Quarries & Sites > Bryneglwys ... Photographs of Bryneglwys (Abergynolwyn) Slate Mine. You are welcome to use this album for uploading images of Bryneglwys. 127 Photos in this album. There are an additional 235 photos in this album available to registered members.

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Dyfi Forest | VisitWales

Dyfi is a 6000ha forest where rugged peaks loom above the forested hillsides that are dotted with atmospheric ruins and slate spoil heaps. Fast flowing mountain streams cascade down rocky valleys, edged by moss-covered oaks. Steam trains chug along the hillsides, now carrying holidaymakers, but originally carrying slates from the quarries to ...

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Talyllyn Railway - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It runs for 7.25 miles (11.67 km) [1] from Tywyn [a] on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn. The line was opened in 1866 to carry slate from the quarries at Bryn Eglwys to Tywyn. It was the first narrow gauge railway in Britain authorised by Act of Parliament to carry passengers using steam haulage.

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St David, Abergynolwyn - CHC Church - Church in Wales

Abergynolwyn lies on the Talyllyn Railway from Tywyn. The railway served the local slate quarry and Abergynolwyn was built as a village for the quarrymen. The settlement originated when the Manchester firm of McConnell & Kennedy invested in the area to offset the problems cause to their trade by the American Civil war. They had built a 'village' between 1865 and 1875 of 71 houses in three ...

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UKC Forums - North Wales Slate - UNESCO - UKClimbing

2. Dinorwig Quarry and the mountain quarrying landscape. 3. Dyffryn Nantlle Quarries. 4. Gorseddau and Prince of Wales Quarries (Cwm Pennant) including the tramway and mill. 5. The whole of the Ffestiniog district and the railway to Porthmadog. 6. Bryneglwys Quarry, Abergynolwyn village and the Talyllyn railway.

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Llongyfarchiadau!*—Wales' slate landscape awarded Unesco world heritage ...

Jul 29, 2021The award highlights how a network of quarries transformed north-west Wales from a rural backwater to an Industrial Revolution epicentre, with thousands of tons of slate exported worldwide by the...

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BBC - Wales - Nature - walks - Abergynolwyn

The walk began in Abergynolwyn at the Nant Gwernol train station, where steam trains used to transport slate from the nearby Bryn Eglwys Quarry to the rest of the country. The train line was an...

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Welsh Slate Landscape - UNESCO World Heritage Site North West Wales

Mar 20, 2022The Slate Landscape of North West Wales has just been announced as the UK's 32 nd and Wales' 4 th UNESCO World Heritage Site.In the 19 th and early 20 th centuries it was a popular boast that North Wales roofed the world - and the evidence makes for some extraordinary landscapes in and around the mountains of Snowdonia.Join us and discover the six areas that make up the remarkable Welsh ...

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Unesco World Heritage: Wales' slate landscape bid for honour

Jul 25, 2021Ffestiniog's slate mines, quarries, "city of slates" and the railway to Porthmadog Bryneglwys slate quarry, Abergynolwyn village and the Talyllyn railway Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways The...

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Talyllyn Railway - Fferm Cedris Farm Campsite

The Talyllyn Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Talyllyn) is a narrow-gauge preserved railway in Wales running for 7.25 miles (11.67 km) from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn. The line was opened in 1866 to carry slate from the quarries at Bryn Eglwys to Tywyn, and was the first narrow gauge railway in Britain authorised by Act of Parliament to carry ...

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Historic Railway Included in World Heritage Site Bid

Perhaps less well known, but still of great significance, was what is now the sixth component of the Government's bid covering Bryneglwys Slate Quarry and the associated underground workings near the village of Abergynolwyn, served by Talyllyn Railway. The railway opened in 1865, having been built to transport slate from the Bryneglwys quarries.

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Did any women at all work in the quarries? — Merched Chwarel

Quarry women owners/operators. David Linton's on-line searchable version of the late Jeremy Wilkinson's Gazetteer and Bibliography of the Mines and Quarries of North Wales, contains around 30 women as owners / operators (and more as shareholders). Although women were associated with a couple of slate quarries in Blaenau, most seem to be involved with mineral mining.

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English - Coflein

Abergynolwyn is a nineteenth-century village in the Dysynni valley in Merioneth, which was built by the Abergynolwyn Slate Company to house quarrymen working at Bryn Eglwys slate quarry (NPRN...

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beach | Photojournalist Jess Hurd

Christmas in Cardigan Bay. Christmas around Tywyn, Aberdovey, Abergynolwyn, Happy Valley, Dolgoch Falls and Bryneglwys Slate Quarry, Gwynedd, Wales.

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Slate Quarry - Glendyne

The History of Our Slate. Glendyne Inc. is in Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long, Quebec, Canada. The deposit is of exceptional quality due to the fine schistosity and the purity of the slate. The deposit was discovered during the construction of the Transcontinental Railway in the early 20th century. It was initially operated by Europeans, but this ...

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UNESCO officially designates Wales' slate areas as World Heritage Site

Jul 28, 2021Dinorwic slate quarry. Photo by ohefin, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. UNESCO has officially designated the slate areas of Gwynedd as a World Heritage Site. It has announced today that the area famed for its slate industry has joined Egypt's pyramids, India's Taj Mahal and the Grand Canyon in being awarded the prestigious status.

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Abergynolwyn Village (Beside Community Centre), the Quarryman ... - Docslib

Most passengers get off at Abergynolwyn Station but we quarrymen get a ride in the slate trucks to the base of Allt Wyllt Incline. Some men hitch a ride up the incline in the empty trucks but it's very dangerous and strictly forbidden. From there it's still over a mile to walk up to the quarry.

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Abergynolwyn railway station - History Points

There was excitement in Abergynolwyn in March 1902 when nine or 10 slate wagons derailed a little further up the line, at Hendre, and spilled their precious cargo down the hillside. Meyrick Roberts, supervisor of the Bryneglwys slate quarry, was travelling on one of the wagons. He jumped clear and avoided injury.

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GENUKI: Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Merionethshire

Holmes, Alan. Slates from Abergynolwyn: the story of Bryneglwys Slate Quarry 1986. Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;. Abergynolwyn Slate Quarries [in Llanfihangel-y-pennant parish] Papers 1866-1912

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Talyllyn Railway Facts for Kids | KidzSearch

The Talyllyn Railway ( Welsh: Rheilffordd Talyllyn) is a narrow-gauge preserved railway in Wales. It runs for 7.25 miles (11.67 km) [1] from Tywyn [a] on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn. The line was opened in 1866 to carry slate from the quarries at Bryn Eglwys to Tywyn.

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Photo of Abergynolwyn, The Village 1968 - Francis Frith

Most of its cottages would have been lived in by quarrymen, who laboured in the Bryneglwys slate quarry, long since closed. An extract from North Wales Photographic Memories. Other Memories from Abergynolwyn Hugh Williams From Abergynolwyn.

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Category: Mining & Quarrying

SLATES FROM ABERGYNOLWYN - THE STORY OF BRYNEGLWYS SLATE QUARRY. By: HOLMES ALAN. Price: £16.95. Publisher: GWYNEDD ARCHIVES : 1999. Seller ID: 014761. ISBN-13: 9780901337733. Binding: Card Covers. Condition: VG. History and account of these Slate Quarries served by the Tal-y-Llyn Railway. 143pp, well illustrated. Expanded 2nd edition. VG copy ...

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Llechi Cymru | Wales Slate - Bryneglwys Slate Quarry, Abergynolwyn ...

Jul 16, 2021 19 Dislike Share Save VisitSnowdonia 1.12K subscribers Come and learn more about Bryneglwys Slate Quarry, Abergynolwyn village and the Talyllyn Railway which forms part of the Slate...

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Report - Ratgoed Slate mine, Corris, April 2021 - 28DaysLater.uk

Feb 22, 2022The slate that was quarried at Ratgoed was the Narrow Vein. This runs from south of Tywyn, on the coast, to Dinas Mawddwy about 18 miles inland and follows the line of the Bala Fault. The Narrow Vein was worked along its length at places such as Bryneglwys near Abergynolwyn; Gaewern & Braich Goch at Corris, Foel Grochan at Aberllefenni and ...

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Bryneglwys Slate Mine - Cave Access

Bryneglwys Slate Mine is located in the Nant Gwernol valley to the south-east of the village. It is accessible by car with care up the steep tarmac public road, marked unsuitable for cars, which starts behind the community centre building (Y Ganolfan). The road has two gates which should be left shut if found so.

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Slates from Abergynolwyn: the story of Bryneglwys slate quarry ...

Slates from Abergynolwyn: the story of Bryneglwys slate quarry Paperback - 1 Jan. 1986 by HOLMES ALAN (Author) 2 ratings Paperback £12.95 5 Used from £12.95 Print length 119 pages Publisher GWYNEDD ARCHIVES Publication date 1 Jan. 1986 ISBN-10 0901337420 ISBN-13 978-0901337429 See all details School Books

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'It was never the same' - The tragic day one of North Wales' biggest ...

The quarry that "roofed the 19th century": a quarryman dressing slate at Dinorwic (Image: Daily Post). Anita Butler, now a retired teacher, was born and raised in Llanberis until she was 18 years old.

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