Cymerau quarry
Slate quarry in Wales, UK / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cymerau quarry was a slate quarry served by the Ratgoed Tramway, a horse-worked section of the Corris Railway. It is located about half a mile north of Aberllefenni in Merioneth (now Gwynedd), North Wales, on the eastern side of the isolated Cwm Ceiswyn. It worked the Narrow Vein, the highest-quality slate vein in the Abercorris Group.
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Location | |
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Location in Gwynedd | |
Location | near Aberllefenni |
County | Merioneth (now Gwynedd) |
Country | Wales, UK |
Coordinates | 52.68500°N 3.8140°W / 52.68500; -3.8140 grid reference SH 768 102 |
Production | |
Products | Slate |
Type | Quarry |
History | |
Opened | c.1860 (1860) (southern quarry); c.1880 (northern quarry) |
Active | c.1860–1914; 1918–October 1946 |
Closed | October 1946 (October 1946) (both quarries) |
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