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Braichgoch slate mine (often called Braich Goch quarry) was a large slate mine located in Corris Uchaf, north Wales. It operated continuously from 1787...

an opportunity to explore the abandoned workings of Braichgoch Slate Mine, an old Welsh slate mine, first worked in 1836 but abandoned by the miners in...

extracted and processed and about the lives of the miners. The Braichgoch slate mines at Corris have been converted into a tourist attraction named "King...

Esgairgeiliog. The Upper Corris Tramway from Maespoeth Junction serving Braichgoch slate mine and quarries surrounding Corris Uchaf. The Matthew's Mill Siding...

management of William Parry through the late 1920s and into the 1930s. Braichgoch stopped using the Upper Corris Tramway in 1925 and the Corris Railway...

owners of Braichgoch quarry in the early 1950s, but this was the last time that slate was quarried as a commercial venture. Eade, Sara (2013). Slate Below:...

which sat on a large platform of slate waste. The tramway proper continued to climb and passed to the south of the Braichgoch quarry office and reached the...

the slate began when chambers were excavated close to the main tunnel near Townsend's quarry. New working to the west of Martin's quarry were mined by...

involved in the construction of narrow gauge railways and the ownership of slate quarries in North Wales during the second half of the 19th century. Hugh...

Abercorris, Gaewern and Braichgoch. The narrow-gauge horse-drawn Upper Corris Tramway was part of the infrastructure which carried slate from the quarries to...

Williams who had been the manager at several local quarries including Braichgoch, Abercorris, Aberllefenni and Wrysgan. T. Glyn reopened the quarry with...

Alexandra quarry was a slate quarry in North Wales, on the slopes of Moel Tryfan in north Gwynedd. It was part of one of the major slate quarrying regions...