Graig Ddu quarry
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Graig Ddu quarry is a disused slate quarry near Blaenau Ffestiniog, in Gwynedd, North Wales. Although output was only about 3,000 tons a year, it reputedly has 36 saw tables and the same number of dre
Graig Ddu quarry in 2004
Craig Ddu mill level
Abandoned mill buildings, Craig Ddu
The derelict slate storage area at Graig Ddu quarry
Padarn Railway
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The Padarn Railway was a narrow-gauge railway in North Wales, built to the unusual gauge of 4 ft. It carried slate seven miles from Dinorwic Quarry to Port Dinorwic. The line opened on 3 March 1843, r
The Padarn Railway locomotive shed at Penscoins in 2005
Padarn Railway locomotive Jenny Lind
The preserved Padarn Railway locomotive Fire Queen when it was displayed at the Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum
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