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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List of stations and halts on the Talyllyn Railway (redirect from Quarry Siding Halt railway station)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rhos-on-Sea (section Bryn Euryn and Llys Euryn)
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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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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List of Talyllyn Railway rolling stock (redirect from Bryn Eglwys (locomotive))
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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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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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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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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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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