Croesor quarry is a large underground slate mine in North Wales which was served by Croesor Tramway. Small scale quarrying began in the 1846, and by 1861...

mid-1940s. Slate quarrying in the remote Cwm Croesor (Croesor valley) dates back to at least 1846 when the Croesor Quarry opened. Quarrying expanded in the...

they told together. Croesor Quarry Wikimedia Commons has media related to Croesor. History www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Croesor and surrounding area...

patented by Moses Kellow and produced at Parc (this example is on the former toll house at Porthmadog, which became the offices for the Croesor quarry)...

Parc Quarry was a compact underground slate quarry in the Croesor Valley, Gwynedd, North Wales. It was connected to the Croesor Tramway, which ran through...

these are lakes found in the slate mines at Blaenau Ffestiniog, such as Croesor quarry, and a lake in the Hallein Salt Mine in Austria. Craighead Caverns,...

line runs through. The Croesor Tramway was built to take slate traffic from the Croesor and New Rhosydd quarries. The Croesor tramway had run from Portmadoc...

Moelwyn Mawr, lies the Croesor Quarry, where extraction of slate ceased in 1930. Following the end of the Second World War, the quarry was operated by Cookes...

To the north is Croesor Quarry perched high above Cwm Croesor. To the north east is Rhosydd Quarry on the col between Cwm Croesor and Cwm Orthin. Within...

following proposed lines: To extend from a Junction with the Portmadoc, Croesor & Beddgelert Tram Railway Company's proposed line to Beddgelert, thence...

Fron-Boeth. Both quarries closed during the First World War. Finished product was transported to the slate quays of Porthmadog by the Croesor Tramway. Pant...

Cwmorthin quarry, through whose land the most obvious route to the Ffestiniog Railway ran. A solution was found in 1864, with the opening of the Croesor Tramway...

tramway from quarries in Ffestiniog and Llanfrothen. The Ffestiniog Railway opened in 1836, followed by the Gorseddau Tramway in 1856 and the Croesor Tramway...

nearly 500 feet (150 m). Croesor quarry built its own incline to connect to the top end of the tramway, as did Rhosydd quarry. Both descended by around...

research into development of nuclear weapons. Caverns at the disused Croesor Quarry are requisitioned by the Ministry of Supply for explosives storage....

Kellow, who became the agent and quarry engineer, and whose nephew Moses was responsible for the developments at Croesor quarry from 1895. Kempe and Matthews...

related to the extraction and processing of slate. Slate is either quarried from a slate quarry or reached by tunneling in a slate mine. Common uses for slate...

Porthmadog and the junction with the Croesor Tramway was again re-used to connect the Moel y Gest quarry tramway via the Croesor and the Festiniog to the wharves...

Moelwyn quarry is a defunct slate quarry located to the south of the village of Tanygrisiau, north Wales. Some initial prospecting was carried out in the...

Monnow before recapture. 13 September - Rhosydd Quarry ceases slate production. Neighbouring Croesor Quarry also closes this year. 24 December - In London...

slate quarry, a small slate quarry at 52°36′26.0″N 4°01′27.9″W / 52.607222°N 4.024417°W / 52.607222; -4.024417.[citation needed] The quarry was short-lived...

for being unreliable. The Croesor Tramway had run from Porthmadog since 1863 up into the Croesor Valley and the slate quarries in this area. This was a...

2000 and to Rhyd Ddu in 2003. Hafod y Llyn was reached in 2009 and Pont Croesor in 2010. By 2010, the tracks of the WHR and Ffestiniog Railway had been...

of the Ffestiniog Railway. In 1863, the Croesor Tramway was built, connecting the slate quarries of the Croesor valley with Porthmadog. This 2 ft (610 mm)...

Section 7 - Beddgelert to Croesor - (Distance: 7.2KM, 4.4MLS ; Ascent: 400M, 1300FT ; Time: 2 – 3hrs) Section 8 - Croesor to Tanygrisiau - (Distance:...

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...

The tramroad started at the "engine house" (ie slate mill) at Aberllfenni quarry, to the north of the eventual station site. Passengers were carried on the...

skyline. A granite quarry, known to the locals as Y Gwaith Mawr ("the large works"), Trefor Granite Quarry or the Yr Eifl Quarry, opened in 1850. The...

1840. The town grew around the slate quarrying industries; the largest of the local quarries is the Penrhyn Quarry. At its peak, the town exported purple...

Press. ISBN 0-85361-328-1. Southern, Dave; Barell, Adrian (2018). The Croesor Tramway. The Welsh Highland Railway Heritage Group. ISBN 9780993082160...