The Spooners of Porthmadog refers to the Spooner family of Porthmadog, North Wales who made important contributions to the development of narrow gauge...
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Porthmadog (Welsh: [pɔrθˈmadɔɡ] ), originally Portmadoc until 1974 and locally as "Port", is a coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd...
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Spooner (1900-1933), English aviator Wyman Spooner (1795–1877), Wisconsin politician and Lieutenant Governor The Spooners of Porthmadog, a family of railway...
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Porthmadog Harbour railway station (formerly known as Portmadoc Harbour railway station) in Porthmadog (formerly Portmadoc), Gwynedd (formerly Merioneth)...
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Ffestiniog Railway (category Porthmadog)
the Snowdonia National Park. The railway is roughly 13+1⁄2 miles (21.7 km) long and runs from the harbour at Porthmadog to the slate mining town of Blaenau...
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just west of the camp. This railway station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Pwllheli, Porthmadog, Harlech...
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passes under the earlier narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway. The latter was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export...
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Boston Lodge (category Locomotive manufacturers of the United Kingdom)
Penrhyndeudraeth, on the A487 road about 1 mile SE across the Afon Glaslyn causeway from Porthmadog, Gwynedd in north-west Wales. It has a station on the Ffestiniog...
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Dinorwic quarry (category The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales)
was never the fully developed maritime community of the nineteenth century that Porthmadog was, in part because it shared ownership with the Quarry and...
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George England and Co. (category Locomotive manufacturers of the United Kingdom)
two still in full working order. The other, Princess, was for many years on display at Spooner's Bar in Porthmadog, although without its tender. It has...
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This is a list of department stores of the United Kingdom. In the case of department store groups, the location of the flagship store is given. This list...
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Festiniog Railway 0-4-0TT (category Narrow gauge locomotives of the United Kingdom)
horses used to haul the empty slate wagons uphill from Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog. By the late 1850s it was clear that the line was reaching its...
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Newport, Isle of Wight (22 February 1998) Hull (1 March 1998) Burghley House 1 (8 March 1998) Burghley House 2 (15 March 1998) Porthmadog (22 March 1998)...
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North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways (category 1872 establishments in the United Kingdom)
The section from Porthmadog to Beddgelert was eventually completed by the Welsh Highland Railway as part of its construction, and utilised parts of the...
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Fairlie locomotive (section Development of the design)
the most recent being James Spooner II which entered service in 2023 to replace Earl of Merioneth. The locomotive sold in the US was ordered for the newly...
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Ffestiniog with the coastal port of Porthmadog. The traffic on the line quickly grew to the point where the horses could no longer haul the empty slate wagons...
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Moel Tryfan (locomotive) (category Narrow gauge locomotives of the United Kingdom)
Porthmadog Harbour Station where it was cut up for scrap. The proceeds from the sales of the remains were used to fund the further restoration of the...
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in Ireland, on the railway networks of Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland. The journey across...
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quarrying industry. Construction work on the new building started in 1861. It was designed by Owen Morris of Porthmadog, built by a local builder, Owen Roberts...
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originally the parish church for Porthmadog. Its nave dates from the 12th century, and the north transept was added in the 16th century. The south transept...
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Yspytty, to the west of Porthmadog to the quays on the western bank of the Afon Glaslyn. When the fortunes of the mine declined, and the Bangor and Portmadoc...
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Henry Archer (category Alumni of Trinity College Dublin)
railway from Ffestiniog to Porthmadog. A detailed discussion followed and Archer became involved with Holland in the promotion of the Ffestiniog Railway Company...
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Robert Francis Fairlie (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
came to Porthmadog on four later occasions in 1870 to observe the locomotive at work. Fairlie received many orders and commissions following the trials...
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Festiniog Railway Princess (category Narrow gauge locomotives of the United Kingdom)
p. 24-25. Quine, Dan (2013). The George England locomotives of the Ffestiniog Railway. London: Flexiscale. "Porthmadog's Princess steam loco departs Ffestiniog...
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Porthmadog, at the western end of his Traeth Mawr embankment enclosing the estuary of the Afon Glaslyn. From about 1825, the southern route over the mountain...
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1918 New Year Honours (MM) (category 1918 in the United Kingdom)
Coldstream Guards (Cottage Mold) Gnr. E. Griffiths, Royal Field Arty. (Porthmadog) L. Cpl. J. Griffiths, Worcestershire Reg. (Wollaston) Pte. R. J. Griffiths...
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(Amendment) Regulations (SI 2011/2325) The A487 Trunk Road (Tremadog Roundabout to Porthmadog Roundabout, South of Tremadog, Gwynedd) (Temporary Traffic...
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