Upper Corris Tramway
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The Upper Corris Tramway was a 2 ft 3 in gauge horse-worked tramway that connected the slate quarries around the villages of Corris and Corris Uchaf with the Corris Railway at Maespoeth Junction. It w
The Upper Corris Tramway around 1885 running below the road to Corris Uchaf. The tips of Gaewern are on the left, and Abercwmeiddaw on the right
The course of the Upper Corris Tramway between Maespoeth and Braichgoch Inn
Abercorris quarry
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The Abercorris quarry was a slate quarry worked between the mid-1840s and the early 1950s. It was located at Corris Uchaf about 5 miles north of Machynlleth, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The quarry w
Upper Corris Tramway
…gently as it passed between the road to the west and the river to the east. It passed on the riverside of a large house, and here the tramway up to Abercorris quarry branched off and crossed the river. The tramway curved back to the northwest, still following but below the road. On the south side of the road lay the…
The remains of Abercorris quarry in 2009