Former slate quarry near Pennal, in Merionethshire, Wales, UK
Cwm Ebol
The remains of Cwm Ebol quarry in 2007
Location
Cwm Ebol
Location in Gwynedd
Location
near Pennal
County
Merioneth (now Gwynedd)
Country
Wales, UK
Coordinates
52°35′48″N3°56′18″W / 52.596771°N 3.938203°W / 52.596771; -3.938203 SH 689 017
Production
Products
Slate
Type
Quarry
History
Opened
c.1860 (1860)
Closed
1906 (1906)
The Cwm Ebol quarry (also known as Cwmebol quarry) was a slate quarry about 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of the village of Pennal in Mid Wales. It operated from about 1860 to about 1906. It was the last Welsh slate quarry connected only to a trans-shipment point instead of directly to a railway.[citation needed]
The CwmEbolquarry (also known as Cwmebol quarry) was a slate quarry about 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of the village of Pennal in Mid Wales. It operated...
other large quarries at Abergynolwyn, Aberllefenni, Arthog, and the CwmEbolquarry at Pennal. In 1947, ahead of his marriage to Princess Elizabeth, Lieutenant...
Railway to Machynlleth and the Talyllyn Railway to Tywyn were built. The CwmEbolquarry operated a mile north west of the village between 1868 and around 1906...
(610 mm) gauge tramway connecting to the CwmEbolquarry was extended to serve the timber felling operations at Cwm Dwr, two miles north of the Pennal. 774...
Quarries and Branches: Rebirth 1954-74. Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-168-4. OCLC 874117875. Jones, Gwynfor Pierce; Richards, Alun John (2004). Cwm...
with power coming from the Cwm Dyli hydro-electric station via an 11,000 volt transmission line to Pen-yr-Orsedd quarry. Menzies again cut wages in 1913...
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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