5 - Eyri (Snowdonia) - Southern Area - Views
Prince of Wales Quarry - 1
Top Pic Left - looking over the reservoir to the Prince of Wales Quarry. SH 5481 4948
Top Pic Right - The horse drawn tramway passes this ruined building. SH 5583.4478
Lower Pic Left - The Quarries Incline. SH 5480 4979
Lower Pic Right - Huge slabs of slate . SH 5486 4990
Prince of Wales Quarry, Cwm Pennant was opened in 1873 and proved to be a wildly optimistic development, closing by 1886.
The quarry is situated at the end of the minor road up Cwm Pennant.
The Tramway to Prince of Wales was an extension of a defunct one which lead to Gorseddau Quarry - another equally hopeless venture
Ref: NW 4193.6.00.1
Date: 06/04/2025
