Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry tramways
- Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry tramways
Infobox rail
railroad_name=Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry tramways
gauge=RailGauge|23.5 and RailGauge|42
start_year=1862
end_year=1979
length=
hq_city=Nantlle
locale=Wales
successor=Abandoned
The Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry tramways were the industrial narrow gauge railways serving the Pen-yr-Orsedd slate quarry and connecting them to the Nantlle Railway. Pen-yr-orsedd was one of the last slate quarries in north Wales to use narrow gauge internal tramways, finally closing in 1979.
History
The Pen-yr-orsedd quarry was one of the major slate producers of the Nantlle Valley, supplying over 10,000 tons of product in 1864. It was also the last quarry in the vale that commercially produced slate, closing in 1979.
In 1862 the quarry was connected to the Nantlle Railway, with RailGauge|42 gauge lines extended to all but the highest levels of the quarry. Most levels of the quarry had both RailGauge|42 and RailGauge|24 gauge trackwork, many with mixed gauge tracks. The Nantlle Railway connection was used up until 1963, while the internal RailGauge|24 gauge lines continued in limited use until the end of quarrying.
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References
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ee also
* British industrial narrow gauge railways
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