Port Penrhyn
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Port Penrhyn is a harbour located just east of Bangor in north Wales at the confluence of the River Cegin with the Menai Strait. It was formerly of great importance as the main port for the export of
Port Penrhyn in June 2011
Penrhyn Quarry Railway
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The Penrhyn Quarry Railway was a narrow-gauge railway in Caernarfonshire, Wales. It served the Penrhyn quarry near Bethesda, taking their slate produce to Port Penrhyn, near Bangor. The railway was ar
Port Penrhyn
…slate from the Penrhyn Quarry, the largest slate quarry in the world at the end of the nineteenth century. The quarry and the port were connected by the Penrhyn Quarry Railway. It was built, and later expanded, by the Pennant (later Douglas-Pennant) family of the nearby Penrhyn Castle…
The railway's locomotive sheds at Port Penrhyn
Main line locomotive Charles with Lord Penrhyn's saloon at the Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum
Heritage event on the restored tracks, 2015