Maenofferen quarry (also known as Maen Offeren quarry) is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales and one of the major users...

reworked until 2010. Maenofferen and Llechwedd continued, but Maenofferen finally closed in 1998. Llechwedd is still a working quarry, working the David...

that were mechanically synchronized with the drum braking system. At Maenofferen Quarry a system was installed that raised a short section of the rail at...

Blaen-y-Cwm, in 2005 The remains of Conglog mill Cwmorthin Quarry seen from across the lake Maenofferen adit and mill The inclines leading down from Diphwys...

occurred when Llechwedd also purchased Votty & Bowydd Quarry, Maenofferen Quarry and Rhiwbach Quarry. Quarry operations continue at Llechwedd in 2013, though...

underground working to close was Maenofferen Quarry (which is owned by the Llechwedd tourist mine) in 1999 although opencast quarrying continues at this location...

the quarry, and in 1928, the enterprise was sold to the Maenofferen quarry. Parts of the tramway were relaid, and they continued to operate the quarry until...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diphwys Casson quarry. History of the quarry "Maenofferen Slate Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales". peoplescollection...

the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man were primarily built to serve quarrying, mining, and similar industries. Some of these narrow-gauge railways offered...

also continues at the Berwyn Quarry near Llangollen. The final large-scale underground working to close was Maenofferen, associated with the Llechwedd...

quarry. This company owned the quarry until 1961, though from 1946 it was sub-leased to the nearby Maenofferen quarry to which it was connected by the...

the owners of the adjacent Maenofferen quarry, which in turn was acquired by the Greaves family, owners of Llechwedd quarry. Since the mid-1980s, Llechwedd...

connect the quarry with the Ffestiniog Railway at Groesffordd. Slate from Nyth-y-Gigfran was shipped via the railway to the Maenofferen quarry's wharf at...

The Cambrian quarry was a slate quarry, located to the west of Glyn Ceiriog in Denbighshire, North Wales. There was some small-scale extraction of slate...

of Votty & Bowydd Quarry. Rhiwbach No. 2 incline then rose a further 350 feet (110 m) to reach the level of the Maenofferen quarry mills. The tramway...

for a take-note, which would allow them to quarry the rock. It was also found by Meredydd Jones of Maenofferen, but he assumed that it was on the Cwmorthin...

Wales. Many quarries had internal tramways, some using many dozens of miles of track. Others had private lines that stretched from the quarry to transhipment...

continues at the Berwyn Quarry near Llangollen.[citation needed] The final large-scale underground working to close was Maenofferen, associated with the...

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...

in the construction of narrow gauge railways and the ownership of slate quarries in North Wales during the second half of the 19th century. Hugh Beaver...

over an hour and a half. J. B. Jones, miller, of Brynyfelin and John Rowe, quarry manager, of Glasfryn View, Penrhyn, were elected at the expense of Edmund...

was elected unopposed. J. B. Jones, miller, of Brynyfelin and John Rowe, quarry manager, of Glasfryn View, Penrhyn, were elected at the expense of Edmund...

has been asked for a report on the October floods. November – Maenofferen slate quarry at Blaenau Ffestiniog ceases production. Bryn Terfel gives a recital...

locations to be worked on or stored. "Society sets up a museum in a chalk quarry". Surrey Mirror and County Post. No. 4687. 22 July 1966. p. 14. Neale, Andrew...

Narrow gauge from Oakeley Quarries, also from the north west, and Narrow gauge from Maenofferen and Votty & Bowydd quarries from the southeast, having...

Dressing Mill) 2 January 1996 Slate mill On the main Maenofferen level, a working underground quarry, high above Llechwedd. 16888 Upload Photo Powered Incline...