Braichgoch slate mine
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Braichgoch slate mine was a large slate mine located in Corris Uchaf, north Wales. It operated continuously from 1787 until its closure in 1970, apart from a hiatus in the 1900s. Most of the surface w
View north toward Corris Uchaf. The waste tips of Gaewern are on the left
View inside the mill at Braichgoch around 1885
Upper Corris Tramway
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The Upper Corris Tramway was a 2 ft 3 in gauge horse-worked tramway that connected the slate quarries around the villages of Corris and Corris Uchaf with the Corris Railway at Maespoeth Junction. It w
Braichgoch slate mine
…Corris Machynlleth & River Dovey Tramroad opened, connecting the slate quarries at Aberllefenni and Corris to river wharfs at Derwenlas and Morben. The Upper Corris Tramway branch of the tramroad served Braich Goch and the quarry leased a wharf at Cei Ward until 1869, when it opened a new transshipment wharf at Machynlleth…
The course of the Upper Corris Tramway between Maespoeth and Braichgoch Inn