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- Rhosydd_Quarry abstract "Rhosydd Quarry is a slate mine northeast of Porthmadog in North Wales. Small-scale working of the site began in the 1830s, but was hampered by the remote location, and the lack of a transport system to carry the slates to markets. The Rhosydd Slate Company was formed in 1853, and became a limited company in 1856. Transport was made more difficult by the attitude of the Cwmothin Quarry, through whose land the most obvious route to the Ffestiniog Railway ran. A solution was found in 1864, with the opening of the Croesor Tramway, to which the quarry was connected by one of the longest single-pitch inclines in Wales. Huge amounts of money were spent on development work, and the company, unable to make adequate returns, went into voluntary liquidation in 1873.The quarry was auctioned in 1874, and the New Rhosydd Slate Quarry Company Ltd. Unlike its predecessor, the directors were all Welsh, and three-quarters of the shareholders were also from the local area. The quarry prospered for a while, but then profitability declined, and in 1900, a large section of the underground workings collapsed. The job of opening up new areas was spearheaded by Evan Jones, who nearly succeeded, but was hampered by a slump in the slate industry and the onset of the First World War, when the quarry was "non-essential" and was mothballed. It reopened in 1919, but in a poor financial position, it was bought by members of the Colman family, better known for producing mustard. They kept it running until 1930, but failed to find markets for the finished product. It was mothballed until 1947, when it was sold, but new plans failed, and the pumps were turned off in 1948, after scrapmen had removed much of the machinery.".
- Rhosydd_Quarry thumbnail Rhosydd.jpg?width=300.
- Rhosydd_Quarry wikiPageID "12040479".
- Rhosydd_Quarry wikiPageRevisionID "580749498".
- Rhosydd_Quarry country "Wales".
- Rhosydd_Quarry hasPhotoCollection Rhosydd_Quarry.
- Rhosydd_Quarry latitude "52.9966".
- Rhosydd_Quarry longitude "-3.9905".
- Rhosydd_Quarry mapName "Wales Gwynedd".
- Rhosydd_Quarry nation "UK".
- Rhosydd_Quarry officialName "Rhosydd Quarry".
- Rhosydd_Quarry osGridReference "SH665462".
- Rhosydd_Quarry state "Gwynedd".
- Rhosydd_Quarry staticImageCaption "The Rhosydd quarry tramway and incline, seen from nearby Croesor Quarry".
- Rhosydd_Quarry staticImageName "Rhosydd.jpg".
- Rhosydd_Quarry subject Category:Ffestiniog.
- Rhosydd_Quarry subject Category:Slate_mines_in_Gwynedd.
- Rhosydd_Quarry type Artifact100021939.
- Rhosydd_Quarry type Excavation103302121.
- Rhosydd_Quarry type Mine103768346.
- Rhosydd_Quarry type Object100002684.
- Rhosydd_Quarry type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Rhosydd_Quarry type SlateMinesInGwynedd.
- Rhosydd_Quarry type SlateMinesInWales.
- Rhosydd_Quarry type Whole100003553.
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- Rhosydd_Quarry comment "Rhosydd Quarry is a slate mine northeast of Porthmadog in North Wales. Small-scale working of the site began in the 1830s, but was hampered by the remote location, and the lack of a transport system to carry the slates to markets. The Rhosydd Slate Company was formed in 1853, and became a limited company in 1856. Transport was made more difficult by the attitude of the Cwmothin Quarry, through whose land the most obvious route to the Ffestiniog Railway ran.".
- Rhosydd_Quarry label "Rhosydd Quarry".
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- Rhosydd_Quarry sameAs Q7321513.
- Rhosydd_Quarry sameAs Q7321513.
- Rhosydd_Quarry sameAs Rhosydd_Quarry.
- Rhosydd_Quarry wasDerivedFrom Rhosydd_Quarry?oldid=580749498.
- Rhosydd_Quarry depiction Rhosydd.jpg.
- Rhosydd_Quarry isPrimaryTopicOf Rhosydd_Quarry.