Ratgoed quarry (also known as Alltgoed quarry) was the northernmost of the slate quarries served by the Corris Railway. It is one mile north of Aberllefenni in Gwynedd, Mid Wales, on the western side of Mynydd Llwydiarth. The quarry primarily worked the Narrow Vein, though it also produced some Broad Vein slates.[1]
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Ratgoedquarry (also known as Alltgoed quarry) was the northernmost of the slate quarries served by the Corris Railway. It is one mile north of Aberllefenni...
Ratgoed Tramway (originally known as the Ty Cam branch) was a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) gauge horse-worked tramway that connected the remote RatgoedQuarry with...
Cymerau Quarry, connected to the Ratgoed Tramway Ratgoedquarry, which mainly worked the Narrow Vein, connected to the Ratgoed Tramway Hendre Ddu quarry a smaller...
Aberllefenni Quarry which worked from the 14th. century until 2002. Also worked the Narrow Vein. Connected to the Corris Railway Ratgoedquarry, which mainly...
waterwheel. In 1864 the Ratgoed Tramway opened, a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) gauge horse-worked tramway which connected the Ratgoed and Cymerau quarries with the newly...
by cart to Aberllefenni Cymerau quarry – connected to the Ratgoed Tramway Ratgoedquarry – connected to the Ratgoed Tramway The railway also served Y...
"Corris". Cambrian News. 21 February 1879. "Quarry pay days". The North Wales Express. 10 December 1880. "Ratgoed". Cambrian News. 24 May 1889. Merionethshire...
brought out by John Rowlands, who owned Gaewern and Ratgoedquarries. At this time Braich Goch quarry included two waterwheels, six planning machines, nine...
the owners reached agreement with the owners of the nearby Ratgoed and Cymerau quarries to combine their output and sell it through a single agent. But...
that Maglona Quarries had agreed to purchase RatgoedQuarry and re-open it, however these were soon denied. 1902 was one of the quarry's most productive...
Aberllefenni quarry is the collective name of three slate quarries, Foel Grochan, Hen Gloddfa (also known as Hen Chwarel) and Ceunant Ddu, located in...
was one of the first two quarries known to have used a water turbine, which was installed in 1864. The other was Ratgoedquarry, further south near Aberllefenni...
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...
is often known as Cwm Ratgoed (or Ralltgoed), after the Ratgoed slate quarry about two miles north of Pont Cymerau. The quarry was connected to the Corris...
rises on the south flank of the mountain, and on the west slope the Ratgoed slate quarry operated until 1946. It is one of the Dyfi hills. Merionethshire...
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...
railways. However there were several private railways, including mine and quarry railways, which used the gauge. This list, whilst incomplete, details all...
commercial quarries worked these veins during the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. Major quarries in the area include Ratgoed on Mynydd Llwydiarth...
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