Rhiwbach quarry
Rhiwbach quarry was a slate quarry located to the east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales. The quarry was a remote site; it was nearly 4 miles to north-east of Duffws, the Festiniog Railway's terminus in Blaenau Ffestiniog.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Quarry
- Description: disused slate quarry in North Wales
- Also known as: “Rhiwbach Quarry”, “Rhiwbach Quarry, Tramway and Incline System”, and “Rhiwbach Slate Quarry (disused)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blaen y Cwm quarry and Llyn y Frithgraig.
Blaen y Cwm quarry
Quarry
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Blaen y Cwm quarry was a slate quarry located east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. It was first worked in some time between 1813 and 1818 and sporadically after that until 1914. Blaen y Cwm quarry is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Rhiwbach quarry.
Llyn y Frithgraig
Pond
Photo: Dewi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llyn y Frithgraig is a pond, which is situated 2,900 feet east of Rhiwbach quarry.
Manod Mawr North Top
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Manod Mawr North Top is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. It lies directly to the north of its parent Manod Mawr, separated by the Graig Ddu Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwm Penmachno and Manod.
Cwm Penmachno
Village
Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwm Penmachno is a village at the head of Cwm Machno in North Wales.
Manod
Village
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manod is a village, which is situated 2½ miles west of Rhiwbach quarry.
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in Wales. Blaenau Ffestiniog is a former slate-mining village and consists of one main road with all the others leading off it. Many visitors come to ride the historic narrow-gauge railway.
Rhiwbach quarry
- Categories: railway and industry
- Location: Bro Machno, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.99654° or 52° 59′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.87714° or 3° 52′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C4RX4WF+J4OpenStreetMap ID
way 311919500OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryWikidata ID
Q15272445
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In Other Languages
“Rhiwbach quarry” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Chwarel Rhiwbach, y Dramffordd a’r System Inclein”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rhiwbach quarry”. Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.