View of the infilled main pit from the south. The outline of the northern mill can be seen just beyond the two remaining buildingsPenmachno quarry around 1875, showing the northern mill
The Penmachno quarry (also known as Cwm Machno quarry, Rhiwfachno quarry,[1] or Tan-y-Rhiw quarry) was a slate quarry near Cwm Penmachno, Conwy, North Wales. It was directly below the Rhiwbach Quarry. It was worked between 1818 and 1962.[2]
^"Accident". North Wales Weekly News. 24 December 1909.
^Richards, Alun John (1999). The Slate Regions of North and Mid-Wales and Their Railways. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-0-86381-552-2.
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yet identified. GAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: CN333: Cwm Penmachno Slate Quarry coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw...
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