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    Bryn Eglwys quarry was a slate quarry and mine near Abergynolwyn, in Merionethshire (now part of Gwynedd), Wales. More than 300 men worked at the site...
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  • Eglwys quarry, a slate quarry in Gwynedd, Wales Bryneglwys, a village in Denbighshire, Wales Bryneglwys Fault, a geological fault in Wales Bryn Eglwys (locomotive)...
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    attempts, both by workers from the Bryn Eglwys quarry. The first was in 1910, because of the closure of Bryn Eglwys between December 1909 and 1911. A final...
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    Abergynolwyn. The line was opened in 1865 to carry slate from the quarries at Bryn Eglwys to Tywyn, and was the first narrow gauge railway in Britain authorised...
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    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...
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    opened in 1866 to serve the Bryn Eglwys quarry above the village of Abergynolwyn. Bryn Eglwys grew to be one of the largest quarries in mid Wales, employing...
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    Maesglase to the west. Between Tarren Hendre and Tarren y Gesail lies the Bryn Eglwys quarry, and Nant Gwernol railway station on the Talyllyn Railway, in the...
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    part of 1933. The quarry was owned by A. Hamilton Pryce, who in 1935 leased it to Sir Henry Haydn Jones, owner of the Bryn Eglwys quarry near Abergynolwyn...
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    election, when aged 81. He was knighted in 1937. In 1909, the Bryn Eglwys slate quarry, the Abergynolwyn estate and village and Talyllyn Railway came...
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    railways. However there were several private railways, including mine and quarry railways, which used the gauge. This list, whilst incomplete, details all...
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    Maesglase to the west. Between Tarren y Gesail and Tarren Hendre lies the Bryn Eglwys quarry, and Nant Gwernol railway station on the Talyllyn Railway, in the...
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    industry was slate quarrying. The village was founded in the 1860s to house workers at the nearby Bryn Eglwys quarry. The quarry brought in migrant workers...
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    mineral line extended south-west to the incline up to the slate quarry at Bryn Eglwys. The railway's first locomotive shed was at Ty Dwr, 0.25 miles (0...
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  • until the quarry's closure, when he became a worker at the nearby Bryn Eglwys quarry. The quarry was also managed by Edward Williams. The quarry, harbour...
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    first of the two inclines between the Talyllyn Railway and the Bryn Eglwys slate quarry. This site was chosen as the terminus of the passenger line, as...
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  • England. He founded the Aberdovey Slate Company that ran the Bryn Eglwys slate quarry from 1863 onwards and oversaw the construction of the associated...
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    Oakley Quarry Coal Wagon, 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (596.9 mm) wooden body with doors at one end, ran on Festiniog Railway. Purchased in 1963. Bryn Eglwys Quarry Wagon...
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    1865, a water tower was provided, built of slate blocks from the Bryn-Eglwys Quarry, with a wooden tank. The passenger station was open by August 1867...
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    slate mining, in the quarries at Bryn Eglwys and Corris. The Talyllyn Railway was built in the 1860s to serve the quarries at Bryn Eglwys. Although this never...
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  • 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...
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    often used to make roofing slates. The Narrow Vein was quarried in the following locations: Bryn Eglwys where the Broad Vein was also worked, connected to...
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    slates was relatively rare in Broad Vein quarries. The Broad Vein was quarried in the following locations: Bryn Eglwys where the Narrow Vein was also worked...
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    of a large parish which included places as far apart as Eglwysbach and Eglwys Rhos (Llan Rhos). The chapel by the sea is on the site of a pre-Christian...
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    Ebeneser and Eglwys Sant Rhedyw are still open; Capel Moriah/Salem has closed. There are five cemeteries in Llanllyfni: Mynwent Eglwys Sant Rhedyw (the...
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    original platform are primarily constructed out of slate blocks from Bryn-Eglwys quarry. The platform surface is slate chippings and is edged with slate slabs...
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    of slate blocks, and all had slate roofs (this slate was from the Bryn-Eglwys quarry). From February 1867, Pendre was the passenger terminus at Tywyn....
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    Alexandra quarry was a slate quarry in North Wales, on the slopes of Moel Tryfan in north Gwynedd. It was part of one of the major slate quarrying regions...
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    its current name of Deiniolen. Christ Church, Llandinorwig Christ Church (Eglwys Grist) was built in 1857. The money to build the church was donated by Thomas...
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    Backwaters Rhos Blaen Carrog Rhos Blaenclettwr Rhos Bron-yr-helem Rhos Bryn Hir Rhos Bryn-wichell Rhos Bwlch-y-rhandir Rhos Cilcennin Rhos Cross Inn Rhos Cwmsaeson...
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    Benallt Mine and Nant y Gadwen Berwyn Broadwater Bryn Coch a Chapel Hermon Bryn Glas Quarry Bryn y Gwin Isaf Bryn-llin-fawr Cadair Idris Caeau Bwlch Caeau Tan...
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