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    The Pantdreiniog quarry (also known as the Pant Dreiniog quarry) was a slate quarry within the town of Bethesda in North Wales. It was worked between...
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    several other local quarries and employ locked-out Penrhyn quarrymen. He eventually included Pantdreiniog, Moel Faban and Tanybwlch quarries in his operation...
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    to the formation of three co-operative quarries, the largest of which Pantdreiniog dominated the town for many years. The A5 road runs through Bethesda...
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    and its chairman in 1892–1893. In 1896, he led the purchase of the Pantdreiniog quarry in Bethesda and became the manager. Parry wrote for several local...
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    The Cambrian quarry was a slate quarry, located to the west of Glyn Ceiriog in Denbighshire, North Wales. There was some small-scale extraction of slate...
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    Alexandra quarry was a slate quarry in North Wales, on the slopes of Moel Tryfan in north Gwynedd. It was part of one of the major slate quarrying regions...
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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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    Bethesda The station and Pantdreiniog quarry circa 1885 General information Location Bethesda, Gwynedd Wales Coordinates 53°10′51″N 4°04′07″W / 53.1807°N...
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  • in the construction of narrow gauge railways and the ownership of slate quarries in North Wales during the second half of the 19th century. Hugh Beaver...
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