Oakeley quarry
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Oakeley quarry is a slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales. It was the largest underground slate mine in the world, and had 26 floors spanning a vertical height of nearly 1,500 fe
The disused main incline from Oakeley quarry to the Ffestiniog Railway in 1977
The 1839 incline connecting Holland's Quarry with the Festiniog Railway at Dinas
A 1990 view of Gloddfa Ganol showing the modern open-cast working
The remains of the Welsh Slate Company's incline connection with the Ffestiniog Railway
Kerry Tramway
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The Kerry Tramway was a 2 ft narrow gauge railway built in 1887 to serve the timber workings and slab quarry to the south of the village of Kerry, near Newtown in mid Wales.
Diana being restored at Alan Keef Ltd. in 1999
Kerr, Stuart & Co type 'Haig' locomotive Kashmir N° 3118/1918 on the Kerry Tramway with Kerr Stuart type Sirdar locomotive Diana N° 1158/1917