The restored Maenofferen quarry shed at Minffordd Yard on the Ffestiniog Railway
Maenofferen quarry[1] (also known as Maen Offeren quarry[2]) is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales and one of the major users of the Ffestiniog Railway. It continues to produce crushed slate on a limited scale under the ownership of the nearby Llechwedd quarry.
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^"Fatal Accident". The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality. 5 March 1864. p. 8.
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for a take-note, which would allow them to quarry the rock. It was also found by Meredydd Jones of Maenofferen, but he assumed that it was on the Cwmorthin...
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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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locations to be worked on or stored. "Society sets up a museum in a chalk quarry". Surrey Mirror and County Post. No. 4687. 22 July 1966. p. 14. Neale, Andrew...
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