• Chwarel Ddu quarry was the earliest slate quarry in the Lledr Valley. It was working before 1810, and continued in sporadic operation until the late 1920s...
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    was built, and the quarry as we know it began to take shape. Adelaide quarry became a part of Allt Ddu, and Chwarel Fawr and Chwarel Goch became linked...
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    Hendre-Ddu Tramway was a 1 ft 11 in (584 mm) narrow gauge industrial railway built in 1874 in Mid-Wales to connect the Hendre-Ddu slate quarry to Aberangell...
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    Aberllefenni quarry is the collective name of three slate quarries, Foel Grochan, Hen Gloddfa (also known as Hen Chwarel) and Ceunant Ddu, located in Cwm...
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    "Penrhyn Castle and the Great Penrhyn Quarry Strike, 1900-03". The National Trust. Retrieved 25 July 2019. "Chwarel Pantdreiniog". Baner ac Amserau Cymru...
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    Prince Llewellyn quarry (also known as Bwlch Cynnud quarry, Y Foel quarry, Hendre Ddu quarry, or Prince Llywelyn quarry) was a slate quarry that stands on...
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    principle quarries in the valley were: Prince Llewellyn quarry and Chwarel Fedw Chwarel Ddu Ty'n-y-bryn quarry and Penllyn Rhiw-goch quarry The Gentleman's...
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    century at Chwarel Isaf (Lower Quarry), where William Davies died in 1770 as a result of a rock fall. David Davies is known to have quarried there between...
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    Carreg Cennan Cefn Blaenau Cernydd Carmel Talar Wen Quarry (Chwarel Talar Wen) Coed Cochion Quarry Coed Gwempa Coed Llandyfan Coedydd Capel Dyddgen Tregyb...
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  • Wales. Many quarries had internal tramways, some using many dozens of miles of track. Others had private lines that stretched from the quarry to transhipment...
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