Rhosydd quarry
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rhosydd-quarry-275-9236186
title:
Rhosydd quarry
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Rhosydd quarry was a slate quarry in the Moelwyn mountains, northeast of Porthmadog in North Wales. Small-scale working of the site began in the 1830s, but was hampered by the remote location, and the lack of a transport system to carry the slates to markets. The Rhosydd Slate Company was formed in 1853, and became a limited company in 1856. Transport was made more difficult by the attitude of the Cwmorthin quarry, through whose land the most obvious route to the Ffestiniog Railway ran. A soluti
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Disused slate mine in North Wales
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhosydd_quarry
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2024-02-10T12:57:49Z
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