Glynrhonwy Quarries
There were two adjacent quarries in the Glynrhonwy area, north west of Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales.
They were:
- Upper Glynrhonwy Quarry, known locally as "Glyn Ganol" or "Middle Glyn", which operated from 1861 to 1930,[1] and
- Lower Glynrhonwy Quarry, known locally as "Captain Taylor's Quarry" which operated from the early 1700s to 25 January 1930.[2]
The quarries operated internal railways of 2 feet (610 mm) gauge and were served by Glynrhonwy Siding off the LNWR's Caernarfon to Llanberis branch.[3][4]
Lower Glynrhonwy Quarry was acquired by the Air Ministry in 1939 for munitions storage. They occupied the site until 1961.[5] During the Second World War the site generated two extra trains per day on some occasions.[6] The railway siding was taken out of use on 18 December 1956.[7]
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References
- ↑ Boyd 1981, p. 252.
- ↑ Boyd 1981, p. 251.
- ↑ Boyd 1981, p. 248.
- ↑ The siding and adjacent quarrying, via National Library of Scotland
- ↑ "RAF bomb disposal". digiDo.
- ↑ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Map XXVIII.
- ↑ Dunn 1958, p. 719.
Sources
- Boyd, James I.C. (1981) [1972]. Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire, Volume 1: The West. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-273-0.
- Dunn, J.M. (October 1958). Cooke, B.W.C., ed. "The Afonwen Line-2". The Railway Magazine. London: Tothill Press Limited. 104 (690).
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines (Country Railway Routes). Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978 1 906008 72 7.
External links
- Modern usage, via Snowdonia Pumped Hydro
- Modern usage, via The Engineer
- Wartime usage, via History Points
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