Conglog quarry was a small enterprise situated to the north-west of Tanygrisiau, near Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. It was overshadowed by the much bigger Rhosydd quarry a little further to the west. It was active from 1854 to 1910, and was operated by an individual, two partnerships and four separate companies over this period.
Conglogquarry was a small enterprise situated to the north-west of Tanygrisiau, near Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. It was overshadowed by the much bigger...
Quarry and later the Conglog Slate Quarry. It was built in the 1840s or 1850s, rising through two inclined planes to reach the main Cwmorthin Quarry mill...
railway. The ruined mill at Blaen-y-Cwm, in 2005 The remains of Conglog mill Cwmorthin Quarry seen from across the lake Maenofferen adit and mill The inclines...
the Craig Ddu and Manod quarries, bought the quarry in December 1947, together with the Croesor Quarry and the Conglogquarry, with a view to reopening...
Joseph Kellow, had briefly been the agent and quarry engineer for the Conglogquarry in the 1870s. The quarry had been managed by Thomas Williams of Bryn...
Quarry perched high above Cwm Croesor. To the north east is Rhosydd Quarry on the col between Cwm Croesor and Cwm Orthin. Within Cwm Orthin, Conglog and...
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...
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...
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...
slate that was used across the world. The major quarries above the village were Cwmorthin, Wrysgan and Conglog. Tanygrisiau railway station is on the Ffestiniog...
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