Maenofferen quarry
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Maenofferen quarry is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales and one of the major users of the Ffestiniog Railway. It continues to produce crushed slate on a limited scale
The abandoned Maenofferen slate cutting mill, seen from the Rhiwbach Tramway No. 3 incline, 2007
The restored Maenofferen quarry shed at Minffordd Yard on the Ffestiniog Railway
Modern untopping operations at Maenofferen. The uncovered chambers of the Bowydd workings are clearly visible
Votty & Bowydd quarry
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Votty & Bowydd quarry is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales. It was one of the major users of the Ffestiniog Railway. It opened in 1870 In the quarry's peak years arou
Maenofferen quarry
…transshipped to the standard gauge railway there. In 1920 the company solved its high shipping costs by building a new incline connecting its mill to the Votty & Bowydd quarry and reaching agreement to ship its products via that company's incline connection to the Ffestiniog Railway at Duffws. In 1928 Maenofferen purchased…
The remains of the main cable-worked-incline flight through Votty & Bowydd quarry
Method used for underground slate quarrying in the Blaenau Ffestiniog region
Vulcan Foundry 0-4-0T locomotive "Kelso" of 1878, later renamed "Taffy"