Rhiwbryfdir quarries & inclines.

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(53°0′6″N, 3°56′30″W)

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Rhiwbryfdir quarries & inclines.

View of Rhiwbryfdir quarries and inclines taken by Frith circa 1871 looking along Pont Goch (WSCo Oakeley Viaduct) in the centre from Glan y Don tips. This extraordinary view captures the vast scale of the slate industry during its most productive period, and the immense waste tips that resulted. The photographer is stood above the road over the Crimea Pass (today the A470) adjacent to Llechwedd waste tips.

The two inclines in the foreground are the Rhiwbryfdir Quarry (later Oakeley Middle Quarry) incline (rising higher to the left) and the WSCo incline (lower to the right next to the quarrymen's footpath). The FR Dinas Branch lies hidden in the defile beneath. At this time the railway enjoyed a monopoly on the produce from this valley, with the standard-gauge not breaking through to Blaenau Ffestiniog until the end of the decade.

Source. Frith 5516

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