185; -3.844 The Eigiau Tramway might refer to the Eigiau Quarry Tramway or to the Eigiau Reservoir Tramway. The Eigiau Quarry Tramway was a 2 ft (610 mm)...
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transported along the newly laid Eigiau Tramway, which ran from Dolgarrog and utilized the route of the former Cedryn Quarry Tramway. The original contractor...
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3.841°W / 53.185; -3.841 The Cedryn Quarry Tramway (later largely used as the route of the Eigiau Tramway) was an industrial narrow gauge railway that...
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is well known for its industrial history since the 18th century and the Eigiau dam disaster, which occurred in 1925. The population was 414 at the 2001...
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weather. The tramway was essentially a branch line of the former Eigiau Tramway, built originally as a standard gauge tramway to serve Llyn Eigiau, and connected...
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trackbed of the former Eigiau Tramway, created to aid the construction and maintenance of Llyn Eigiau dam. Nearby the Cowlyd Tramway branched off, built...
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Llyn Cowlyd (section Llyn Cowlyd Tramway)
dam. This tramway was essentially a branch line of the Eigiau Reservoir Tramway, laid to aid construction of the dam at nearby Llyn Eigiau. During a storm...
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industry of Great Britain, especially in Wales. Many quarries had internal tramways, some using many dozens of miles of track. Others had private lines that...
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Kerry Tramway and other timber light railways. The Plateway Press. ISBN 1-871980-11-9. Quine, Dan (March 2017). "Baguley 774 and the Pennal Tramway". Industrial...
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Deeside Tramway Dinorwic Railway Dowlais Railway Eigiau Tramway Elan Valley Railway Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway Gorseddau Tramway Hendre-Ddu...
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and although the scheme fell through, a tramway was built to Gorseddau some two years later in 1855. The tramway was built on private land and therefore...
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Maurice (2005). Cornwall narrow gauge including the Camborne & Redruth tramway. Middleton Press. ISBN 190447456X. James, Jonathan (May 2021). Narrow Gauge...
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in Wales - Miners' strike leads to General Strike 1925 in Wales - Llyn Eigiau dam bursts, killing 16 people 1924 in Wales - Claude Friese-Greene travels...
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Cowlyd Tramway (defunct) Croesor Tramway (defunct) Deep Navigation Colliery (defunct) Dinorwic Railway (defunct) Eigiau Quarry Tramway (defunct) Eigiau Reservoir...
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fourth to operate the exit tramway, which was completed in 1877. With the tunnel acting as a drain and an access tramway, the quarry pit was enlarged...
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610 mm (2 ft) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) United Kingdom: Wales Eigiau Reservoir Tramway 381 mm (15 in) 610 mm (2 ft) 1916 United Kingdom: Wales Fairbourne...
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and the scale of operation increased from 1873, when the Glyn Valley Tramway opened, providing an easier route to market for the output of the quarry...
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identified. GAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: CN236: Settlement, N of Cwm Eigiau coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM:...
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