Rhiwbach quarry
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Rhiwbach quarry was a slate quarry located to the east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales. The quarry was a remote site; it was nearly 4 miles to north-east of Duffws, the Festiniog Railway's termin
The ruins of the engine house and mill at Rhiwbach
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
Rhiwbach quarry
…In the following year the Festiniog Slate Quarries Company Limited was incorporated to work the quarry, and in 1928, the enterprise was sold to the Maenofferen quarry. Parts of the tramway were relaid, and they continued to operate the quarry until 1952. By the 1920s, workers had become increasingly reluctant to walk…
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