Im looking for the burial places of 2 quarrymen who died in quarry accidents in the above quarry. One is a Hugh Williams who died on the 11 September 1870 and Robert Bryneglwys Quarries, Abergynolwyn.
Bryneglwys: This was were my interest in mining started. I was part of a crowd of Walsall lads who used to go up to the deserted slate mining village of Bryneglwys, just above Abergynolwyn.
View up the Alltwyllt Incline which provided the link to the Bryneglwys Slate Quarry. The station at Nant Gwernol only opened in 1976 as prior to that the line above Abergynolwyn had been operated for freight to Abergynolwyn goods yard (accessed by an incline) and the slate quarry.
Bryn Eglwys Slate Quarry 2012 Into the undergrowth once more ... Bryn Eglwys has long been a favourite of mine from as far back as the late 70's when you could wander around and see the layout of the site never mind that there were still buildings there.
Bryneglwys Slate Quarry, Abergynolwyn Merionethshire. By Alan Holmes with Sara Eade. An updated edition of Alan Holmes' book Slates from Abergynolwyn with new content provided by Sara Eade to expand on the fascinating social history of Bryn Eglwys Quarry and its impact on life in the village of Abergynolwyn.
The Talyllyn Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Talyllyn) is a narrowgauge preserved railway in runs for miles ( km) from Tywyn on the MidWales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of line was opened in 1866 to carry slate from the quarries at Bryn Eglwys to Tywyn. It was the first narrow gauge railway in Britain authorised by Act of Parliament to carry ...
Bryn Eglwys was a slate quarry and mine located near Abergynolwyn in Gwynedd, Wales. More than 300 men worked at the site making it the principal employer in the area. Two veins of slate, known as the Broad and Narrow Veins, were worked.
Towyn, a small town and a parish in Merionethshire. The town stands on the coast, near the mouth of the river Dysinni, 4½ miles N of Aberdovey, 11 S by W of Barmouth, 13½ W of Machynllet
In 1911 the local Liberal Member of Parliament Henry Haydn Jones purchased the quarry, along with the Talyllyn Railway and the village of Abergynolwyn, forming the Abergynolwyn Slate Slab Co. Ltd. New leases were signed with the landowners and the quarry resumed production.
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Railroad company, slate quarries, model railways, agencies and, tour company, scale models, tour agency, welsh slate Dirección: The Cider Barn (TA20 4QW) Chard, Somerset. 11 Mill Hill Quarry
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Slates from Abergynolwyn: The Story of the Bryneglwys Slate Quarry by HOLMES Alan ... Slates from Abergynolwyn the Story of Bryneglwys Slate Quarry HOLMES Alan. Book condition: Very Good ... GWYNEDD ARCHIVES, 1999. History and account of these Slate Quarries served by the TalyLlyn Railway. 143pp, well illustrated. Expanded 2nd ...
English: The Talyllyn Railway is a narrowgauge steam railway in based in Tywyn in MidWales. The railway was originally used to transport slate but is now a tourist railway. The railway was originally used to transport slate but is now a tourist railway.
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